Inspired by Frida Kahlo

Sculpture, La Semilla II - The Seed II - Paper & Cartoon - Mexican Folk Art, Manuel de la Peña

La Semilla II - The Seed II - Paper & Cartoon - Mexican Folk Art

Manuel de la Peña

Sculpture - 30.5 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm

$800

Print, Flowers in Her Hair, Frank Gallo

Flowers in Her Hair

Frank Gallo

Print - 96.5 x 63.5 cm

$1,200

Painting, Le sécateur, Sandra Paris

Le sécateur

Sandra Paris

Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm

$395

Painting, Portrait with Bird, Guy Ghazanchyan

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm

$1,129 $1,016

Painting, Motherhood, Poonam Choudhary

Motherhood

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm

$1,200

Photography, Frida, Bernard Pras

Frida

Bernard Pras

Photography - 106 x 88 x 2 cm

$5,647

Painting, Portrait with Bird, Guy Ghazanchyan

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm

$1,073 $966

Print, They love, they have friends, Trendafila Trendafilova

They love, they have friends

Trendafila Trendafilova

Print - 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm

$260

Painting, Self Love (Town Girl), Oluwafemi Akanmu

Self Love (Town Girl)

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting - 81.3 x 66 x 2.5 cm

$1,800

Painting, Hex Frida's Wings, Priscilla Vettese

Hex Frida's Wings

Priscilla Vettese

Painting - 55 x 46 x 1.7 cm

$565

Photography, Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. (1), Leo Matiz

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. (1)

Leo Matiz

Photography - 35.6 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm

$1,800

Painting, Euphoria, Desmond Akindoju

Euphoria

Desmond Akindoju

Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm

$1,400

Painting, Frida Kahlo, cObo

Frida Kahlo

cObo

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm

$1,016

Painting, More than a body, Poonam Choudhary

More than a body

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm

$3,000

Painting, Flowers, Paulina Maksjan

Flowers

Paulina Maksjan

Painting - 50 x 100 cm

$960

Painting, Skate Frida Kahlo, Horss

Skate Frida Kahlo

Horss

Painting - 80 x 20 x 1 cm

$1,412

Painting, Garden, Natalia Kuruch

Garden

Natalia Kuruch

Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm

$2,030

Print, Woman Sitting, Gernot Kissel

Woman Sitting

Gernot Kissel

Print - 70 x 50 cm

$724 $652

Fine Art Drawings, A pink one, Paulina Maksjan

A pink one

Paulina Maksjan

Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 70 cm

$678

Painting, Shades of Love, Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Shades of Love

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm

$2,250

Painting, Frida Kahlo, Spaco

Frida Kahlo

Spaco

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm

$226

Painting, Femme Cubaine, Maria Raytcheva

Femme Cubaine

Maria Raytcheva

Painting - 70 x 40 x 2 cm

$898

Photography, Frida Kahlo en Coyoacán, México, (Framed), Leo Matiz

Frida Kahlo en Coyoacán, México, (Framed)

Leo Matiz

Photography - 59.7 x 39.5 x 0.3 cm

$3,500

Painting, Frida Kahlo, Mathias Z

Frida Kahlo

Mathias Z

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm

$768

Painting, 2-8-20, Montse Valdés

2-8-20

Montse Valdés

Painting - 130 x 162 cm

$19,266

Painting, Frida Kahlo, PyB

Frida Kahlo

PyB

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm

$215

Painting, Frida, Carine Ricard

Frida

Carine Ricard

Painting - 92 x 73 x 1.5 cm

$1,016

Painting, Butterfly, Marta Zawadzka

Butterfly

Marta Zawadzka

Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm

$4,574

Painting, Frida Kahlo, Muriel Deumie

Frida Kahlo

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$2,259

Painting, Mujer de Viñales #VI, Sparshatt Dalzell

Mujer de Viñales #VI

Sparshatt Dalzell

Painting - 95 x 95 x 2 cm

$6,519

Print, Happy print Pasion, Stéphane Gautier

Happy print Pasion

Stéphane Gautier

Print - 29.7 x 21 x 1 cm

$158

Painting, Frida Pop 1, Marian Williams

Frida Pop 1

Marian Williams

Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm

$3,331

Print, Frida au paradis, Muriel Deumie

Frida au paradis

Muriel Deumie

Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$565

Painting, Liaison (en exposition jusqu'au 26/04/24), Marta Grassi

Liaison (en exposition jusqu'au 26/04/24)

Marta Grassi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$2,484

Photography, Soledad : Frida's Reflection I, Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)

Soledad : Frida's Reflection I

Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)

Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm

$565

Painting, Green eyes, Natalia Kuruch

Green eyes

Natalia Kuruch

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm

$3,614

Painting, Quand elle se dessine sur le corps, Amor de Agua

Quand elle se dessine sur le corps

Amor de Agua

Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm

$1,129

Inspired by Frida Kahlo

A feminist icon and pop culture star, Frida Kahlo decided at a very young age that she would not follow the traditional role of Mexican women in the society of her time. She always fought for her freedom, despite the many obstacles in her path. This major figure of Mexican art leaves behind her countless works, retracing her passions, her suffering, and 20th-century Mexico. But what does her art actually tell us?

In 1925, a serious bus accident turned her life upside down. Bedridden for months, Frida began to paint self-portraits. On this subject, she said, "I paint myself because I am often alone and because I am the subject I know best". Always stoic in her self-depictions, there is no need for tears or crying to make us empathize with the pain she endured. 

Shortly after her recovery, she met Diego Rivera, with whom she experienced a long passionate, and tortuous relationship. After her meeting with André Breton in 1938, she began exhibiting her paintings in New York. The following year, she went to Paris where she met Picasso and Kandinsky. This trip strengthened her affection for her home country; Mexico and its folklore became omnipresent themes in her paintings. Frida Kahlo died of pneumonia in 1954, leaving behind her a vast artistic legacy, an ode to her country, rendered in flamboyant colors and a multitude of exotic symbols. She rejected the label of a Surrealist painter, arguing "I never painted my dreams. I painted my reality".

Immerse yourself in our selection inspired by Frida Kahlo! Some contemporary painters align themselves with the Surrealists, such as Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez, Cícero Dias, Stefano Di Stasio, or Sean MacLeod. Others devote themselves to the practice of self-portraiture, whether through photography like Alexandra Mas and Dora Franco, painting like Pascale Garcin-Coquoin or drawing like Hanna Bakula. When not representing themselves, it is other women that female artists depict, as Frida did for the women in her entourage. Such is the case of Ghislaine Ferreira, Ruth Addinall, and Corinne Héraud. A feminist like Frida Kahlo, Niki de Saint Phalle has also created her own fantastic universe thanks to her Nanas for the reconquest of power. On the other hand, if Frida Kahlo embodies a feminist artist, she is also the one who best claims her "Mexicanity", which is what many Mexican artists will do, starting with Flor Mora, Pedro Friedeberg, Lottas, and Alfredo Vilchis Roque. But Mexican art is far from being limited to painting. Frida herself decorated other objects, first and foremost her corsets! In fact, some artists continue to produce of "alejebris", while others engage in the traditional practice of "cartonería" or terracotta ceramics. But Frida has also become a modern and international icon of pop culture! Numerous artists associated with pop art or street art have taken up her figure to make her the subject of their paintings. For example, Mohamed Kahouadji directly takes up the style of Andy Warhol's serigraphs. Others follow more the legacy of Basquiat instead, such as Spaco, Patricia Gadisseur, and Edu Danesi. Will you be able to resist the Frida phenomenon?

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