Out of frame: FRIDA KAHLO. ICONIC ARTIST

“Frida Kahlo. Iconic Artist” directed by Ali Ray United Kingdom 2020

Works inspired by Mexican and Indian folk art, combining the realism of form with elements of symbolism and surrealism, drastic autobiographical plots — this is Frida Kahlo. Who was one of the most famous painters in the world, privately famous for wearing colorful turbans? This question will be answered by Ali Ray, a traveler, journalist, feminist, culinary expert and director. In her video, she proves that Frida Kahlo is a true icon. Ali Ray looks with a camera at Frida's famous house — the Blue House — in Mexico. Through the themes that Frida Kahlo addressed in her paintings (abortion, death, loneliness, illness, physiology, gender, depiction of female nudity, abortions, violence, betrayal, lesbianism, the imperfection of the human body and iconoclastic opinions, eroticism, patriotism or political fascination), Frida Kahlo gave contemporary Feminist art is a new direction. Her works do not allow for the sexualization of women or voyeurism, where the vision of the world is based on the conviction that it is the female gender, fully objectified by the man, who becomes a passive object and not an active observer of reality in which she functions and fulfills concrete roles.