{"product_id":"kahlo-9783836500852","title":"Kahlo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe arresting pictures of \u003cstrong\u003eFrida Kahlo\u003c\/strong\u003e (1907-54) were in many ways expressions of trauma. Through a near-fatal road accident at the age of 18, failing health, a turbulent marriage, miscarriage and childlessness, she \u003cstrong\u003etransformed the afflictions into revolutionary art\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In literal or metaphorical self-portraiture, Kahlo looks out at the viewer with an audacious glare, rejecting her destiny as a passive victim and rather intertwining expressions of her experience into a \u003cstrong\u003ehybrid real-surreal language of living\u003c\/strong\u003e: hair, roots, veins, vines, tendrils and fallopian tubes. Many of her works also explore the \u003cstrong\u003eCommunist political ideals\u003c\/strong\u003e which Kahlo shared with her husband Diego Rivera. The artist described her paintings as \u003cstrong\u003e\"the most sincere and real thing that I could do in order to express what I felt inside and outside of myself.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book introduces the rich body of Kahlo's work to explore her unremitting determination as an artist, and her significance as a painter, feminist icon, and a pioneer of Latin American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKettenmann, Andrea:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Andrea Kettenmann studied art history in Göttingen and Hamburg before joining the art history department of the University of Hamburg. She has published widely on Frida Kahlo and has contributed to numerous exhibitions and catalogues. She works as a freelance art historian in Mexico City, where she has lived for many years.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592638566674,"sku":"9783836500852","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da46336a-be89-4d9f-8194-5c94e42a786f.jpg?v=1732106193","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kahlo-9783836500852","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}