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Frida Kahlo: Critical Lives
Gannit Ankori
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Description for Frida Kahlo: Critical Lives
Paperback. Cutting through 'Fridamania', this book explores Frida Kahlo's life, art and legacies, while also scrutinizing the myths, contradictions and ambiguities that riddle her dramatic story. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was 22; he was 43. Hailed as Rivera's exotic young wife who 'dabbles in art', she went on to produce brilliant paintings, but remained in her husband's shadow throughout her life. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo's fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through 'Fridamania', this book explores Kahlo's life, art and legacies, while also scrutinizing the myths, contradictions and ambiguities that riddle her dramatic story. ... Read more
Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was 22; he was 43. Hailed as Rivera's exotic young wife who 'dabbles in art', she went on to produce brilliant paintings, but remained in her husband's shadow throughout her life. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo's fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through 'Fridamania', this book explores Kahlo's life, art and legacies, while also scrutinizing the myths, contradictions and ambiguities that riddle her dramatic story. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Critical Lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780231983
SKU
V9781780231983
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Gannit Ankori
Gannit Ankori is the author of Imaging Her Selves: Frida Kahlo's Poetics of Identity and Fragmentation (2002), Frida Kahlo: Art, Life, Diary (2003) and Palestinian Art (Reaktion, 2006). She is Professor of Fine Arts and Chair in Israeli Art, Department of Fine Arts and Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, and curated the Kahlo exhibition at the Jewish ... Read more
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