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3/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Marc Petitjean, Adriana Hunter
Publisher:
Other Press (NY)
Date:
April 9, 2020
Using Kahloâs whirlwind romance with the authorâs father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.
What The Reviewers Say
As Petitjean seeks to better understand his father, Kahlo’s painting becomes his compass.
In fluid, sometimes idiosyncratic prose, Petitjean recreates Kahlo’s experiences. He draws from documented facts, but speculates as well.
The book paints an intimate, unforgettable portrait of a brief but transformative time in Kahlo’s life and of the turbulent beginnings of France’s Surrealist Movement, which claimed the iconic Mexican artist as one of its own. Behind it all lies one of Kahlo’s most powerful paintings—a tortured, confrontational work that speaks of pain and transformation, abandonment and betrayal, in a voice of quiet dignity..
...[a] captivating biography.
