FRIDA KAHLO
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Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for
her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and
artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she
employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity,
postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her
paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism
with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary
Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo
has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is known for
painting about her experience of chronic pain.
Kahlo's work as an artist remained relatively unknown until the late 1970s, when her work was rediscovered by art historians and political activists. By the early 1990s, she had become not only a recognized figure in art history, but also regarded as an icon for Chicanos and the feminism movement. Kahlo's work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions and by feminists for what is seen as its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
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