Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction: Fashioning Frida
Claire Wilcox and Circe Henstrosa
Trouble in the Blue House
Hilda Trujillo Soto
I FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD
Quetzalcoatl's Grin: The Changing Face of Art and Culture in Frida Kahlo's Mexico
Adrian Locke
II ADOLESCENCE AND ADULTHOOD
Appearances Can Be Deceiving - Frida Kahlo's Construction of Identity: Disability, Ethnicity and Dress
Circe Henestrosa
Frida Kahlo's Jewellery
Clare Phillips
III JEWELLERY
Frida Kahlo's Wardrobe
Chloe Sayer
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up
Claire Wilcox
IV COSMETICS
Frida Kahlo: Posing, Composing, Exposing
Gannit Ankori
V ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICES
The Resplandor: Cultural and Spiritual Significance in Two Self-Portraits
Kirstin Kennedy
Frida Redressed
Oriana Baddeley
VI MEDICINES
