“Frida Kahlo. “Beyond the exterior.” To a public unfamiliar with the hierarchies of art history, Frida la Brun (July 6, 1907-July 13, 1954) is first and foremost an exotic figure, multi-colored capes, ribboned double braids, the legendary single eyebrow and the shadow of an assumed moustache. Since Frida (2002), a film by the great theater director Julie Taymor, with Salma Hayek more Mexican than ever, she even entered pop culture. As the estate fights for the rights to the “Frida Kahlo” Barbie and other trophies bearing her likeness, the heartbreaking self-portrait artist gradually fades into her own folklore. It is another dimension, more complex, more corporeal, deeper, that the exhibition at the Palais Galliera shows until March 5. Surreal, like Beauty and the Beastby Cocteau (1946), Between Wonders and Horrors.
It all starts with the discovery of a treasure, like the opening of a tomb…
Source: Le Figaro
