Frida Kahlo's legacy continues to grow in the public imagination in
the nearly fifty years since her "discovery" in the 1970s. This
collection of conversations over the course of her brief career allows a
peek at the woman behind the hype. And allows us to see the image of
herself she carefully crafted for the public.
Frida Kahlo is now an icon. In the decades since her death, Kahlo has
been celebrated as a proto-feminist, a misunderstood genius, and a
leftist hero, but during her lifetime most knew her as ... Diego
Rivera's wife. Featuring conversations with American scholar and
Marxist, Bertram D. Wolfe, and art critic Raquel Tibol, this collection
shows an artist undervalued, but also a woman in control of her image.
From her timid beginnings after her first solo show, to a woman who
confidently states that she is her only influence, the many faces of
Kahlo presented here clearly show us the woman behind the "Fridamania"
we know today.