A brave artist, she had the strength to transform suffering into art. Each one of her works is a cry of pride and hope towards life. Frida Kahlo is still today considered one of the most important Mexican painters, a revolutionary and a great experimenter.
She was only eighteen when she had a very serious accident that forced her to spend her life lying on a bed. In the months of immobility, her artistic career began: to help her pass the time, her parents gave her an easel, paints and brushes and, thanks to a mirror placed under the ceiling that reflected her image, she began to paint a self-portrait, the first of a long series.
Diego Rivera,
Mexican artist and painter, would be the love of her life. Despite the
twenty-one years of difference in age, she would live a passionate love
with him, full of betrayals on both sides. Diego had the reputation of a
womanizer, he married Frida in third marriage in 1929. Frida
reluctantly accepted his infidelities, forgiving him every time, even
when he betrayed her with her sister Cristina.
Frida never
managed to have a child, the only time she managed to get pregnant she
had to have an abortion in order not to risk her life and that of her
baby. She struggled with all her strength to carry the pregnancy but she
had to surrender to her already weakened physique.
She had a short life, lived intensely, marked by illness and passions, where every day her fragile body made space in life, thanks to her indomitable spirit that distinguished her since she was a child.
For lovers of Frida Khalo, in Italy, there are currently two exhibitions on the artist.
- “The chaos inside” at the Fabbrica del Vapore Milano. Until 25 July, a unique sensory exhibition awaits you in Milan, to be explored slowly and in which to deeply immerse yourself. It is an exhibition curated by industry experts, where the artist’s life and loves are presented through her passionate letters, photos and works seen through technology in a unique and engaging path, in which pain and ecstasy merge. A tour that will allow you to know even the most hidden corners of Frida’s obsessions. Reservation is not required.
- Show event at Pan-Palazzo delle Arti, Naples on Frida. The public will be shown a unique selection of letters and photography, clothes and jewels where unpublished glimpses of the life of this artist will also be revealed. She who lived a life marked by her difficult and painful physical condition, was able to respond, however, with pride and power. The journey touches all stages of her life, from childhood to meeting her immense love Diego Rivera, and then her unfortunate death. The exhibition is curated by Alejandra Lopez. For info and reservations: tel. 081/2482200 – 339/3194813; e-mail: biglietteria@fridakalonapoli.it
