{"product_id":"the-complete-collection-of-frida-kahlo","title":"Frida Kahlo. The Complete Paintings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrida Kahlo transcended art history like no woman artist before her. She was a key figure of Mexican revolutionary modern art and a pioneer of the politics of gender, sexuality, and feminism. This XXL monograph combines all of Kahlo’s 152 paintings with rare photos, diary pages, letters, and anillustrated biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003ePain and Passion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eThe complete paintings of Frida Kahlo in an XXL edition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eAmong the few \u003cstrong\u003ewomen artists \u003c\/strong\u003ewho have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter \u003cspan\u003eFrida Kahlo\u003c\/span\u003e (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in \u003cstrong\u003eover fifty extraordinary self-portraits\u003c\/strong\u003e, has been admired by generations; along with \u003cstrong\u003ehundreds of photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e taken by notable artists such as \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Weston, Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Munkácsi\u003c\/strong\u003e, they made \u003cspan\u003eFrida Kahlo\u003c\/span\u003e an icon of 20th century art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter. Her marriage to \u003cstrong\u003eDiego Rivera\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the \u003cstrong\u003ecultural Renaissance of Mexico\u003c\/strong\u003e, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet \u003cstrong\u003eAndré Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism\u003c\/strong\u003e and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions\u003c\/strong\u003ethrough a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, letters, and an \u003cstrong\u003eextensive illustrated biography\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efeaturing photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul\u003c\/strong\u003e, Frida’s home and the center of her universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis large-format XXL book allows readers to \u003cstrong\u003eadmire \u003cspan\u003eFrida Kahlo‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003es paintings like never before\u003c\/strong\u003e, including \u003cstrong\u003eunprecedented detail shots\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003efamous photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were \u003cstrong\u003epreviously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years\u003c\/strong\u003e, forming the \u003cstrong\u003emost extensive study of Kahlo\u003c\/strong\u003e’\u003cstrong\u003es work and life to date\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe editor and author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuis-Martín Lozano\u003c\/strong\u003e is an art historian specializing in the study of the creative processes of modernist artists in Mexico and Latin America. He is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship and has conducted extensive research on the work of both\u003cspan\u003eFrida Kahlo\u003c\/span\u003e and Diego Rivera, as well as publishing widely on both artists. Lozano was formerly the director of the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico, and has been a guest curator for many art institutions in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and particularly in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe contributing authors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Kettenmann\u003c\/strong\u003e studied art history in Göttingen and Hamburg before joining the art history department of the University of Hamburg. She has published widely on Frida Kahlo and has contributed to numerous exhibitions and catalogues. She works as a freelance art historian in Mexico City, where she has lived for many years.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarina Vázquez Ramos\u003c\/strong\u003e is an art historian specializing in modern Mexican art. She works as a university professor, researcher, and exhibition curator, and has edited several publications in Mexico and abroad. She was deputy director general of the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City and is now director of the Mario Vázquez Raña Library’s Photography Collection and Newspaper Archive.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"4\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eFrida Kahlo. 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