The larger-than-life installation from Lighthouse ArtSpace L.A. uses music and digital tools to animate the Mexican artist's iconic paintings.
“With the success of Van Gogh, we really wanted the second show coming out of Lighthouse ArtSpace to focus on an incredible female artist. And I think Frida Kahlo is just such an incredible, iconic figure,” Diana Rayzman, exhibit co-founder, tells. “She is, at this moment in time, a really great symbol of being able to overcome adversity — both personal adversity, but also turbulent political times. And really, she was a representative of all the underrepresented of her time.
Kahlo’s art does not animate the space in a fixed and formal way, like in a museum or traditional gallery, but instead is brought to life by GIF-like movements and music, thanks to digital artist Massimilliano Siccardi, composer Luca Longobardi and art director Vittorio Guidotti. “It’s really meant to take the audience on an emotional journey. So it’s not meant to be a narrative mood film, or a linear representation of her life and work,” says Rayzman.
According to Mara De Anda, Mara Kahlo’s daughter: “Frida was not a surrealist; Frida said that she painted her own reality. So the thing for this exhibit is that the big formats are a way of enlarging every detail of her artwork. We can see a lot more.” Adds Kahlo: “She was a rebel. She was a woman ahead of her time. And I think that seeing the art this way is really revolutionary.”Los Angeles, known for its rich fine and folk art scenes, is a fitting backdrop for the various paintings — vivid and mystical — supplemented by drawings and photographs of Kahlo’s family.
“Los Angeles has a very big Hispanic community … Frida is everywhere,” says De Anda. “Los Angeles is one of our favorite cities. I think the greatest artists are from Los Angeles.”
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