Frida Kahlo: Retrospective

This beautiful monograph celebrates the artist while exploring

the lesser-known aspects of her story. Reproductions of

Kahlo's paintings are accompanied by a series of illuminating

essays that explore the artist's private writings and the intense

public interest in her life, the role of physical and mental

suffering in the creative process, and the coded and double

meanings hidden in so much of Kahlo's work. In addition, a

photographic essay compiled by her grandniece, Cristina

Kahlo, features images from the family's private collection. As

an icon of female strength and suffering, Frida Kahlo has

become something of an art world myth. This scholarly yet

profoundly moving illustrated tribute to her life and work

offers a measured perspective that rises above the noise of

celebrity to discover the true artist and the truth of her art.