Frida Kahlo Timeless
June 5 - September 12, 2021
Presented by the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL, Frida Kahlo Timeless was a comprehensive presentation of the life and works of the artist Frida Kahlo that featured 26 original pieces as well as an immersive historical exhibit that provided a framework of the life, circumstances and events that led to Kahlo becoming one of the most important painters of the 20th century and of our time.
Frida Kahlo: Timeless considered the many elements at play in Kahlo’s work. The complexities of Kahlo’s paintings can not be fully understood or appreciated without insight into her person and the world she was a part of. Focused ont the role of Mexico City played in Kahlo’s development as a center of international art and culture in the early and middle 20th century, as well as Kahlo’s lifelong refusal to allow illness to restrict her diverse and intense passions. Kahlo’s painting, politics, and identity were ahead of her time, and remain extremely relevant today. Kahlo explained that she “painted her reality”, this exhibition provided insight into that reality while allowing more intimate access to her world.
Frida on White Bench, Photo by Nickolas Muray © Nickolas Muray Archives
