I made it to the Frida Kahlo show (Minneapolis). It's coming to San Francisco next, then Philadelphia. Kahlo is a visceral and very "earthy" painter. She remained brutally honest with herself in her work. And she is controversial, less nowadays, and even considered inappropriate. What I notice is a compelling love and respect for Mother Earth. I think what fans like is her endurance, and her rebellion, and in the end, she saw love.
She was placed on a high-animal diet, as she depicts here:
Without Hope. 1945
The last room of the exhibit made a lasting impression... her final works.
The Love Embrace ... 1949
CURIOUSLY, her last four paintings were of fruit, and their energy and embrace from the Sun:
Still Life with Parrot. 1951
Naturaleza viva. 1952
Fruit of Life. 1954
Her FINAL painting:
Viva la vida. 1954
"Viva la Vida" - on a WATERMELON... (*)
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i live a few blocks from that exhibit. or did.
i didn't even think of that angle! interesting perspective.
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