Frida
For Frida Kahlo, the first figure in this series, the work focuses on the depth of her personality: a woman who fought, was passionate, and deeply committed to her art as well as to her life. Far from commercial and simplified images, this portrait gives Frida back her intensity and complexity. Like the cameo, the piece presents the profile of the artist whose features are marked by the trials of life. This piece, cast in deliberately devitrified glass, questions the material. Framed by a glass mosaic background evoking the Casa Azul, her refuge and creative sanctuary, this colored background echoes the liveliness of her world and the Mexican cultural roots that nourished her work so markedly.
The embossed baroque bronze frame around this cameo relates the crucial moments of her life: her struggle with illness, her tumultuous love life, her connection to Mexican culture and art, and her political commitment. These scenes add details that enrich the artist’s story, allowing the viewer to immerse themselves in the multiple dimensions of her life and work.
Homage to Frida Kahlo thus captures the inner strength and resilience that shaped her legacy, creating an intimate and authentic portrait, while paying tribute to the indomitable soul that inhabited this great artist.