Surrealist-adjacent · Mexico
Frida Kahlo
1907–1954 · The body as landscape, altarpiece and evidence
SymbolismSelf-portraitsFolk sourcesThe body
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The short version
Kahlo built a symbolic vocabulary from retablo painting, Mexican folk art and her own medical history, refusing the Surrealist label offered to her from Paris.
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