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The exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Ascending", edited by Tom Scat and Gibson Thornley, presents a series of self-portraits of the surrealist painter and advocate of women's rights, alongside her dresses, medical corsets that were to wear, jewelry, accessories, photos and letters that he wrote.
The exhibition also includes objects from the Blue House – his residence on the outskirts of Mexico City, where she was born, lived and eventually died – never before presented to the public outside of Mexico
. Skat and Thornley have worked together with curators Wilkox and Sirse Henestrosa to create a series of minimalist spaces that will serve as a backdrop for an in-depth experience of Frida's very personal objects
The basic theme is the duality of the image of a very strong woman that Frenda was proposing on the one hand and her disability on the other hand, as well as the duality of her Mexican identity and her European desires.
In the first room, he is given the environment his life through a series of smaller and smaller arches that are "referenced" to the grounds of his famous dress, Tehuana.
Continuing, visitors to the exhibition discover Mexico as Tina Montoti, Edward Weston and others. And his photos of Freida Kalo's great circle of friends and the great Mexican painter Diego Rimbera, his great love, his husband and his "martyr's cross".
In another room, the showcases have the shape of a bed, one and the bed is a motif that belongs to the works of Frida. It displays all the aids of people with disabilities, as well as scents and sweet medications: his daily life. The exhibition culminates in a podium, which features 19 dolls in which they were dressed by Frida Kalo
The exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Rise" will last until November 4
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