Event Listing - Museums
Sat Jun 14, 2008 - Sun Sep 28, 2008

Frida Kahlo


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Location
Date and Time
SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 map
cross street: between Mission & Howard
district: SoMa

Sat Jun 14, 2008 (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu)
Sun Jun 15, 2008 (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu)
Mon Jun 16, 2008 (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu)
Tue Jun 17, 2008 (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu)
Thu Jun 19, 2008 (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu)

Description
Exhibit showcases 50 paintings from the beginning of Frida Kahlo's career in 1926 to her death in 1954.

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo began painting in 1926, while recovering from a near-fatal bus accident, and soon became captivated by the medium's expressive possibilities. She filled her canvases with vibrant colors, powerful compositions, and revealing depictions of intensely personal struggles — the traumatic accident, her ongoing health problems, miscarriages, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, Diego Rivera. Kahlo's blunt style, influenced by Mexican folk art, and her fantastical imagery earned her recognition among the Surrealists, but her persona and unmistakable originality propelled her beyond the confines of a specific movement to become a leading figure in the history of modern art. This exhibition brings together some 45 paintings that span her career along with a selection of her own collection of photographs, most of which have never been on display...