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Homage to Frida Kahlo
Born in Mexico City, Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) drew upon the folk culture of her native country to develop a visionary style of self-portraiture. Merging fantasy with realism, she gave visual form to the suffering she had endured following a traumatic injury and a lifetime of ill health, while also probing the politics of gender, class, and race from her perspective as a committed communist.
Kahlo made several transformative visits to the United States during the 1930s. Her first solo exhibition, held in New York City in 1938, was followed by others in the 1940s. It was not until the late 1970s, however, that she received the critical recognition that launched her current iconic status. Kahlo's champions included the influential Chicano movement artist Rupert García, a founding member of San Francisco's Galería de la Raza. García created this poster, featuring a closely cropped portrait of Kahlo, to advertise the gallery's 1978 exhibition in her honor.
Rupert Garcia, 1978 |