Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera. Art in fusion.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 17559 |
| Format | 24 x 31 |
| Détails | 181 p., color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754107181 |
If Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is today one of the best-known and most popular artists of 20th-century Mexican art, it is of course thanks to her personality and the originality of a body of work that eludes any attempt at classification. The work here is above all the expression of the story of a life. A tragic and tumultuous life, in turn escaping all convention, known in the smallest detail and recently brought to the screen, making her a true icon. The mere mention of her name arouses enthusiasm and admiration, yet her work is rarely shown. Her artistic production, some 200 works, has been the subject of only a few rare exhibitions in Europe. Exhibited for the first time in France, in one of its most prestigious museums, the selection proposed by the Olmedo Museum, of approximately 38 works, includes works that contributed to the artist's international renown, such as self-portraits, including the very famous Self-Portrait with Broken Column. The life and work of Frida Kahlo are inseparable from those of her companion Diego Rivera (1886-1957). Together they have entered into legend and both figure in the pantheon of 20th-century Mexican artists. Famous for his large murals, the easel paintings, drawings, and lithographs, which constitute a significant part of his production, are less well-known to the general public in Europe. The purpose of the exhibition is to retrace his artistic journey, from the first Cubist works, testifying to his ties with the Parisian artistic community, to those that made him the founder of the 20th-century Mexican school. The exhibition is an invitation to discover the multiple facets of Rivera's art, whose travels throughout Europe nourished his vision and repertoire without distancing him from his roots. He will thus go down in history as the founder of the nationalist school. The originality of the exhibition dedicated to the mythical couple embodied by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo consists in presenting their works together, as if to confirm their impossible divorce, effective in fact but immediately called into question after only one year of separation. It will also allow us to better glimpse their artistic worlds, so different, but also so complementary, through this common and visceral attachment to their Mexican land: cycle of life and death, revolution and religion, realism and mysticism, workers and peasants. Bilingual version French/English.
If Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is today one of the best-known and most popular artists of 20th-century Mexican art, it is of course thanks to her personality and the originality of a body of work that eludes any attempt at classification. The work here is above all the expression of the story of a life. A tragic and tumultuous life, in turn escaping all convention, known in the smallest detail and recently brought to the screen, making her a true icon. The mere mention of her name arouses enthusiasm and admiration, yet her work is rarely shown. Her artistic production, some 200 works, has been the subject of only a few rare exhibitions in Europe. Exhibited for the first time in France, in one of its most prestigious museums, the selection proposed by the Olmedo Museum, of approximately 38 works, includes works that contributed to the artist's international renown, such as self-portraits, including the very famous Self-Portrait with Broken Column. The life and work of Frida Kahlo are inseparable from those of her companion Diego Rivera (1886-1957). Together they have entered into legend and both figure in the pantheon of 20th-century Mexican artists. Famous for his large murals, the easel paintings, drawings, and lithographs, which constitute a significant part of his production, are less well-known to the general public in Europe. The purpose of the exhibition is to retrace his artistic journey, from the first Cubist works, testifying to his ties with the Parisian artistic community, to those that made him the founder of the 20th-century Mexican school. The exhibition is an invitation to discover the multiple facets of Rivera's art, whose travels throughout Europe nourished his vision and repertoire without distancing him from his roots. He will thus go down in history as the founder of the nationalist school. The originality of the exhibition dedicated to the mythical couple embodied by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo consists in presenting their works together, as if to confirm their impossible divorce, effective in fact but immediately called into question after only one year of separation. It will also allow us to better glimpse their artistic worlds, so different, but also so complementary, through this common and visceral attachment to their Mexican land: cycle of life and death, revolution and religion, realism and mysticism, workers and peasants. Bilingual version French/English.