Post by jennifercyr on Feb 25, 2012 3:19:27 GMT -5
The exhibit features mostly keepsakes dug up from the sealed archives of Kahlo and her artist husband, Diego Rivera. Building Oil Painting Tucked away for 50 years were thousands of images Kahlo collected from family, friends, lovers and other artists, as well as a few shots she took herself. Cusine Oil Painting But what¡¯s on the walls at Artisphere are copies. The actual photos went on display in 2007 at the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico, and have remained there since. Building Oil Painting The perfectly aged-looking tears and wrinkles that viewers can make out at Artisphere are thanks to a careful process used to make facsimilies of the worn, wrinkled originals. Animal Oil Painting Kahlo painted from her various sickbeds throughout her life; in fact, her artistic career began while recovering from the devastating bus accident of her youth. Abstract Oil Painting During these times, she frequently used photos as inspiration for her paintings.