A Compilation of Words

Frida Kahlo: Beyond the Myth

Oct 23, 2024

A compilation of words from Frida Kahlo: Beyond the Myth.

Pulling words and phrases from each plaque in the exhibition of sixty works. Sixteen paintings, twelve drawings, two prints, and thirty-one photographs. Divided into five sections.

Self Portrait with Loose Hair, Oil on Masonite, 1947.

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Early Life
July 6, 1907
Wield
Playful
Conscious
Confrontational
Unconventional
Potential
Skillful handling
Unforgiving medium
Color separation
Naïve manner
Irrevocably deterred
Extensive injuries
Improbable survival
Heavenly invention
Ocean wave swirling
Elongated

My Dress Hangs There (My Dress Was There Hanging [New York], Oil and collage on Masonite, 1933-1938. Imogen Cunningham, Frida Kahlo, Photograph; gelatin silver print, 1931. Unknown photographer, Frida Painting Naturaleza Viva, 1951.

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Marriage and the US
Cigarette and white dress
Burial beneath a tree
Shouted figure
Life
Death
Dream landscape
Visage
Dominate
Habitual styles
Heart-shaped painter’s palette
Offspring

The Dream (1) or Self-Portrait Dreaming, pencil on paper, 1932. Untitled (Frida and the Abortion) Ink on paper; lithograph, 1932. Self-Portrait While Drawing, pencil on paper, 1937.

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New York and Paris
Wintry landscapes
Aztec codices 
Nonsensical social norms
Semi-nude
Shadow
Poised on the threshold
Costume

(Top Row) Nickolas Murray, Frida with Cigarette, Altavista, 1941. Sylvia Salmi, Frida in Thought, 1944. Dora Mara, Frida in Paris, 1939. (Bottom Row) Did not get info for this one and could not find online! Nickolas Murray, Frida On the Rooftop, New York, 1946. Lola Álvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo Lying in Bed. Angular Reflection on Canopy Mirror, 1945.

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Professional Success and Physical Decline
Anniversary 
Faces contorted
Bound
Barren vine
Sad moon (Kahlo)
Spiked, aggressive rays of the sun (Rivera)
Re-create
Interior state
Precise coif
Unpinned
Hanging loose
Denoted grief
Weeping third eye
Myths

Luceienne Bloch, En Route from Detroit to Mexico, 1932. Photograph of an incredibly stylish individual at the msueum looking at Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1945.

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Final Years
Close at hand
Journey through the underworld
Harmony of opposites
Uncombed
Lying down
Pillows
July 13, 1954
White dove

A Compilation of Words

Frida Kahlo: Beyond the Myth

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