EAST END PRINTS: FINDING 50 FRIDAS THURSDAY 17TH MARCH 2016

HACKNEY GAZETTE FEATURE THURSDAY 10TH MARCH 2016 -SHOW OPENS 17th March 2016.

This March we are joining the Women’s History Month celebrations with an exhibition inspired in the life and work of the wonderful Frida Kahlo. We are exhibiting 50 of the very best portraits of FRIDA KAHLO in the world. Drawing, Mosaic, Street Art, Painting, Printing all mediums are involved. Have your life and way to see the world been touched by the Art of Frida? Then this exhibition is one not to miss.

When we started to research our theme for the Women’s History Month event, we were moved by how many artists and friends the life and works of Frida Kahlo had reached. Therefore we decided to present the artworks to you in an exhibition showcasing the best that we have found.

Exhibiting works from all over the world, including artists Pam Glew, Villanaart, Orson Kartt, Cate Haplin, Studio Cockatoo, Lucy Schmidt, and our very own Jenny Camilleri, Chris Wharton, Tracie Andrews, Philip Sheffield, Fiona Watson, Kris Tate and London Fields Primary School and many more!

A percentage of the sales will be donated to the UK womens charity, Margarets Fund.

Considered one of the Mexico's greatest artist, Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico. She grew up in the family's home where was later referred as the Blue House or Casa Azul.Life experience is a common theme in Kahlo's approximately 200 paintings, sketches and drawings. Her physical and emotional pain are depicted starkly on canvases, as is her turbulent relationship with her husband, fellow artist Diego Rivera, who she married twice. Of her 143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits.

Frida Kahlo's fame has been growing after her death. Her Blue House was opened as a museum in the year of 1958. In 1970s the interest on her work and life are renewed due to the feminist movement, since she was viewed as an icon of female creativity.