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Frida Kahlo
Manage episode 165028126 series 1301211
Born near Mexico City in 1907, Frida Kahlo is considered one of Mexico's greatest artists. She took up painting after a bus accident left her severely injured, was a Communist, married Diego Rivera, a celebrated muralist, became friends with Trotsky and developed an iconic series of self-portraits. Her work brings together elements such as surrealism, pop culture, Aztec and Indian mythology and commentary on Mexican culture. In 1938, artist and poet Andre Breton organised an exhibition of her work in New York, writing in the catalogue, "The Art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb." She was not as widely appreciated during her lifetime as she has since become, but is now one of the most recognised artists of the 20th century.
With
Patience Schell Chair in Hispanic Studies at the University of Aberdeen
Valerie Fraser Emeritus Professor of Latin American Art at the University of Essex
And
Alan Knight Emeritus Professor of the History of Latin America at the University of Oxford
Producer: Simon Tillotson.
287 episodes
Manage episode 165028126 series 1301211
Born near Mexico City in 1907, Frida Kahlo is considered one of Mexico's greatest artists. She took up painting after a bus accident left her severely injured, was a Communist, married Diego Rivera, a celebrated muralist, became friends with Trotsky and developed an iconic series of self-portraits. Her work brings together elements such as surrealism, pop culture, Aztec and Indian mythology and commentary on Mexican culture. In 1938, artist and poet Andre Breton organised an exhibition of her work in New York, writing in the catalogue, "The Art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb." She was not as widely appreciated during her lifetime as she has since become, but is now one of the most recognised artists of the 20th century.
With
Patience Schell Chair in Hispanic Studies at the University of Aberdeen
Valerie Fraser Emeritus Professor of Latin American Art at the University of Essex
And
Alan Knight Emeritus Professor of the History of Latin America at the University of Oxford
Producer: Simon Tillotson.
287 episodes
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