Frida Kahlo: The Making of an Icon A Virtual Art Talk Join Mary Vahey to discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognized commercial icon. Frida Kahlo typically uses the visual symbolism of physical pain in a long-standing attempt to better understand emotional suffering. Prior to Kahlo’s efforts, the language of loss, death, and selfhood, had been relatively well investigated by some male artists (including Albrecht Dürer, Francisco Goya, and Edvard Munch ), but had not yet been significantly dissected by a woman. Indeed not only did Kahlo enter into an existing language, but she also expanded it and made it her own. Presenter: Mary Vahey. Hosted by the Kemmerer Library Register for this online Zoom presentation on Frida Kahlo
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