Frida : una biografía de Frida Kahlo
(Book)

Edición revisada con prólogo de Valeria Luiselli.

Translation of: Frida.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-594) and index.

Frida fue una figura mítica creada por sí misma, el centro exótico de una esfera que incluía a amigos como León Trotski y Nelson Rockefeller, Isamu Noguchi y André Breton, Dolores del Río y Paulette Goddard. Fue esposa del gran muralista Diego Rivera y artista brillante por derecho propio. Esta edición ampliamente revisada de la biografía de la pintora mexicana por excelencia nos revela a una mujer con un magnetismo y una originalidad legendarios, cuya vida fue tan dramática y obsesiva como las imágenes que pintaba. La sensualidad de sus cuadros, el ambiente extraño y denso que los impregna, surgieron directamente de sus propias experiencias: su infancia durante la Revolución, el devastador accidente sufrido a los 18 años, su vínculo con el Partido Comunista a través de Diego Rivera, su pasión por el folclore y la cultura de México.... Frida realizó una fascinante obra autobiográfica plasmada en la pintura: una irresistible serie de autorretratos que representaban el desarrollo de su urgente necesidad de conocerse a sí misma, creados entre 1926 y 1954, fecha en que murió. Quienes la conocieron relatan la historia de su vida como una novela llena de encanto y joie de vivre, hasta el trágico final. Pese a que la verdad es más desoladora, la historia de Frida Kahlo sigue siendo tan extraordinaria como la leyenda que creó.

Frida was a mythical figure of her own making, the exotic center of a sphere that included friends like León Trotski and Nelson Rockefeller, Isamu Noguchi and André Breton, Dolores del Río and Paulette Goddard. She was the wife of the great muralist Diego Rivera and a brilliant artist in her own right. This widely revised edition of the biography of the quintessential Mexican painter reveals a woman with legendary magnetism and originality, whose life was as dramatic and obsessive as the images she painted. The sensuality of his paintings, the strange and dense environment that pervades them, arose directly from his own experiences: his childhood during the Revolution, the devastating accident suffered at 18 years of age, his link with the Communist Party through Diego Rivera, his passion for the folklore and culture of Mexico .... Frida made a fascinating autobiographical work embodied in painting: an irresistible series of self-portraits that represented the development of her urgent need to know herself, created between 1926 and 1954, the date she died. Those who knew her relate the story of her life as a novel full of charm and joie de vivre, until the tragic end. Although the truth is more bleak, the story of Frida Kahlo remains as extraordinary as the legend she created. until the tragic end. Although the truth is more bleak, the story of Frida Kahlo remains as extraordinary as the legend she created. until the tragic end. Although the truth is more bleak, the story of Frida Kahlo remains as extraordinary as the legend she created.

In Spanish. En español.