Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up

ISBN 10: 1851779604 / ISBN 13: 9781851779604

Published by V & A Publishing, 2018

About this Item

In 1954, following her death, Frida Kahlo's possessions were locked away in the Casa Azul in Mexico City, her lifelong home. Half a century later, her collection of clothing, jewellery, cosmetics and other personal items was rediscovered. Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up offers a fresh perspective on the life story of this extraordinary artist, whose charisma and entirely individual way of dressing made her one of the most photographed women of her time. Specially-commissioned photographs show her distinctive Mexican outfits alongside her self-portraits, an unprecedented pairing that is enriched by iconic images taken in her lifetime.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up
• Publisher: V & A Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851779604
• ISBN 13: 9781851779604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Claire Wilcox and Circe Henestrosa’s Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up presents a unique window into the artist’s life.

Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), as an artist and a woman, has a unique international appeal. Her instantly recognizable work draws extensively on her life and her extraordinarily personal reflections upon it.

On Kahlo’s death, her husband, Diego Rivera (1886–1957), ordered that her most private possessions be locked away until 15 years after his death. The bathroom in which her belongings were stored in fact remained unopened until 2004. Through this incredible archive, Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up focuses on the personal, combining her prosthetics, jewelry, and clothes with self-portraits, diary entries, and letters to build an intimate portrait of the artist through her possessions, setting this in the context of her political and social beliefs.

About the Author

Claire Wilcox is senior curator in the department of furniture, textiles, and fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum and professor in fashion curation at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London. Circe Henestrosa is an independent curator and head of the School of Fashion at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.