Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: From the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: From the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
ISBN-10
1741741238
ISBN-13
9781741741230
Series
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Category
Painting
Pages
92
Language
English
Published
2016-06-13
Publisher
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Author
Nicholas Chambers

Description

Leading twentieth-century Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were internationally acclaimed in their lifetime, and their art and lives have continued to provoke and captivate audiences. The works of Kahlo and Rivera demonstrate their fierce independence and the uniqueness of their artistic visions. Rivera's art projected outward, often on a vast scale, and was concerned with the construction of a national identity in post-revolutionary Mexico; Kahlo's art turned inward and represented Mexicanidad through an exploration of the artist's own identity. Kahlo's poor health, compounded by a tragic trolley-bus accident in her teens, informs much of her work. Beyond their art, the lives of Kahlo and Rivera were socially and politically active and their union often volatile. This book presents the pair in a "dialogue." It includes an introduction to their art and lives as well as an essay by Diego on Frida's art written in 1943 and an essay by Frida on Diego's art written in 1949. Each essay is followed by their artworks including outstanding self-portrait paintings and drawings by Frida Kahlo, and major examples of Diego Rivera's canvas paintings.

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