![]() The painting set the record for the most expensive artwork of a Latin American artist ever sold at an auction. Speaking to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Garcia Cheran stressed: "We need more Indigenous voices to bring a critical perspective to a culture that has historically excluded Indigenous perspectives.Frida Kahlo set another record after one of her last self-portraits “Diego and I” sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $34.9 million. "Her status and ability to wear 'Indigenous' as an art practice substantially reflects her cultural role: a mestiza woman of the upper class," wrote Garcia Cheran in the US art news publication Hyperallergic. Indigenous author Joanna Garcia Cheran of the Purepecha people is critical of the fact that the artistic avant-garde in Mexico - including Frida Kahlo - "reflected the spirit of the times, including a mythologized Indianness in easily digestible aesthetics formulated by the white and rich elite" - and without the contribution of Indigenous peoples themselves.įor example, Kahlo liked to wear the colorful garments of the Tehuana women, and made the style popular as part of her "brand." Some critics now question Frida Kahlo's clothing choices and showcasing of Indigenous artifacts Criticism of KahloĮven though she has become an icon of pop culture, Frida Kahlo's work has not escaped criticism. Her charisma and eventful life, as well as her focus on gender-related subjects considered taboo at the time - abortion, miscarriage and breastfeeding, among others - transformed her into a cult figure. It was the beginning of an unprecedented career that made her Mexico's most famous artist. She contracted polio at the age of 6 and was injured so severely in a streetcar accident at 18 that she had to wear steel and leather corsets for the rest of her life.Ĭonfined to bed after the accident, Frida Kahlo began painting to pass the time. ![]() Her iconic unibrow and faint traces of a mustache are clearly visible - two attributes that contradict conventional beauty ideals for women.īut the painter, who was born in 1907 and died in 1954, cared little about conventions.įrida Kahlo was born to a German immigrant and a mestiza (Spanish and Purepecha) mother. She wears hand-embroidered Mexican clothing in bright colors along with eye-catching accessories. Her self-portraits are legendary, with Frida Kahlo looking deep into the viewer's eyes. Her hair is usually pinned up in braids and adorned with flowers. The early work El tiempo vuela ("Time Flies") from 1929 fetched $4.6 million in 2000, and Dos desnudos en el bosque ("Two Naked People in the Forest") went for $8 million in 2016. Since then, prices for Frida Kahlo's works have risen steadily. At the time, it was the first work by a Latin American artist to fetch more than a million dollars at auction. In 1990, Sotheby's sold Diego y yo for a modest $1.4 million to New York art dealer Mary-Anne Martin. The 35 lots generated over $676 million at auction. It was part of the prestigious Macklowe Collection, alongside works by artists including Mark Rothko, Alberto Giacometti and Jackson Pollock. The oil painting Diego y yo, which measures only 30 by 22.4 centimeters (11 by 8 inches), has been sold on Tuesday at Sotheby's auction house for $34.9 million (€30.9 million).
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