'I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.' For many she represents triumph over suffering, but to Frida Kahlo, life, body and art were entirely intertwined. Kahlo - friend, lover, teacher, patient, survivor, revolutionary - endured polio and scoliosis as a child, and then, at the age of 18, survived a catastrophic bus accident. Over the next 19 years she was to undergo over thirty surgeries. Yet her work, her magical, jewel-coloured paintings, her heartfelt, visceral art, continued to flow. Using new translations from her diary, letters and interviews, Wings to Fly juxtaposes Kahlo's paintings with her writings, and illuminates links between the personal and universal, the physical and imaginative, the pain and resolve - to truly inspire. 'Feet what do I need them for, if I have wings to fly?'.
| ISBN: | 9780715657058 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2026 |
| Author: | Frida Kahlo |
| Publisher: | September an imprint of Duckworth Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Individual artists, art monographs Creative therapy / Expressive therapies Diaries, letters and journals History of art Self Help and Personal Development |
'I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.' For many she represents triumph over suffering, but to Frida Kahlo, life, body and art were entirely intertwined. Kahlo - friend, lover, teacher, patient, survivor, revolutionary - endured polio and scoliosis as a child, and then, at the age of 18, survived a catastrophic bus accident. Over the next 19 years she was to undergo over thirty surgeries. Yet her work, her magical, jewel-coloured paintings, her heartfelt, visceral art, continued to flow. Using new translations from her diary, letters and interviews, Wings to Fly juxtaposes Kahlo's paintings with her writings, and illuminates links between the personal and universal, the physical and imaginative, the pain and resolve - to truly inspire. 'Feet what do I need them for, if I have wings to fly?'.
Wings to Fly: Frida Kahlo features in the following genres: Individual artists, art monographs, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, Diaries, letters and journals, History of art, Self Help and Personal Development
Wings to Fly: Frida Kahlo is available in Paperback
Wings to Fly: Frida Kahlo was written by Frida Kahlo and published by September an imprint of Duckworth Books
Wings to Fly: Frida Kahlo has 192 pages
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