Frida Kahlo. Oltre il mito

The exhibition-event on the world’s most famous and acclaimed Mexican artist

Frida Kahlo. Beyond the Myth, is an exhibition project that is the result of six years of study and research, which intends to outline a new key around the figure of the artist, avoiding forced reconstructions, systematic interpretations or overly comfortable biographical readings, and with the recording of unpublished and surprising archival materials. As pointed out by exhibition curator Diego Sileo, it is precisely the large number of exhibition events dedicated to Frida Kahlo that led to the conception of this new project, with the aim of revealing her authentic poetics, obscured by the legend created around her life and the traumas she suffered. The exhibition thus aims to go beyond such a simplistic view of the relationship between the Mexican artist’s life and work, demonstrating that for a serious and in-depth analysis of her poetics, it is necessary to go beyond the limits imposed by a simple biography and to go beyond that established myth fueled by the fashions of recent decades. From the investigations carried out in Mexico firsthand by the curator, some main themes and issues emerged, such as the expression of vital suffering, the conscious search for the self, the affirmation of “Mexican-ness” and her legendary form of resilience that will allow visitors to perceive the profound coherence that exists, far beyond her apparent contradictions, in Frida Kahlo’s work.