A collection of personal photos of Mexican-born artist Frida Kahlo is now on exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen. This collection was first presented in Mexico City in 2007, revealing intimate parts and relationships in Kahlo’s life.
“When someone becomes an icon, their story often gets simplified,” Moreno said. “But this exhibit helps explain who she really was.”
The exhibition is broken up into six central themes: The Origins; The Blue House; Politics, Revolutions & Diego; Her Broken Body; Frida’s Loves & Photography.Photography played an important role in Frida Kahlo’s life given that her father, Wilhelm Kahlo, of German descent, got his start as a photographer in Mexico. Influenced by the photographic portraiture style she learned from her father, self portraits are often seen in her work.
“I think that she represents many of the values that we share,” Labarthe Álvarez told WTTW News. “She’s seen as a very strong woman who always decided what she wanted to do. After her accident, she transformed her circumstances into art, and we also admire that part of her.” In 1925, Kahlo was in a car accident that left her spinal cord damaged. She underwent multiple operations thereafter.
The exhibition will be on display at the National Museum of Mexican Art, free to the public, until August 7.
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