Humanities 1301 Event Presentation

1. Megan
Downs
EVENT
PRESENTATION
Philosophy,
Professor Dalglish

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CONSULTANTS
FRIDA
KAHLO
Museo Frida Kahlo
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BACKGROUND
They thought I was a surrealist, but I
wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted
my own reality
-Frida Kahlo
Frida was considered one of
Mexico’s greatest artist.
• Born on July 6, 1907 to her father who also
participated in the arts as a photographer.
• Frida was born in Mexico city, Mexico.
• At the young age of 6 she contracted polio.
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EDUCATION
In 1922 Kahlo
enrolled that
National preparatory
school.
• Kahlo was one of the few woman
to be enrolled at this school.
• This is when Kahlo started
becoming politically active in the
communist party. .
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INTRODUCTION INTO THE EXHIBIT
Appearance Can be Deceiving
Museo Frida Kahlo
• Appearance Can be Deceiving: 5 Installments
• A dedication exhibit to Frida Kahlo, show
casing not only her sense of beauty and style,
but her disabilities as well.
• Still life photography
• Although the creator is no longer living she
lives on through these objects.
• Praesentvenenatis quam tortor, viverranunc rutrum.
• Maecenas malesuadaultricies sapiensitamet pharetra.
• Nunc tempus, risus sodaleshendrerit, arcudolor
commodo libero, asollicitudin quam nullaquis lectus.
In at porta mauris.
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GUILLERMO KAHLO PHOTOGRAPHY
• A young photo of Frida starts off the exhibit.
• This photo happened to be taken by her photographer
father Guillermo Kahlo,.
• Guillermo had young Frida pose for this on June 15,
1919.

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CORSETS
• Frida suffered from many health conditions, but her
spinal cord was often too weak.
• Leaving Frida to wear corsets majority of her life.
• It was late after Frida’s death in 2004 when all of the
corsets and orthopedic equipment was discovered.
• The display very linear, and almost reminding me of a
hospital.

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APPEARANCE CAN BE DECEIVING
• The next piece is titled appearance can be
deceiving and it is an instillation piece of more
of her corsets, her prosthetic leg, and crunches to
assist her while walking.
• It is very similar to the initial piece just on a
broader spectrum.
• While she was suffering through a lot Frida
made sure to throw her twist on things for
example on her prosthetic leg you has her red
boot with Chinese symbols.
• With this piece the placement in where it stood
in the line up play a key role as it got an
individual to really be grateful for what they
have.

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APPEARANCE CAN BE DECEIVING
• Frida was often wore traditional dresses, to help
strengthen her identity, and to pay homage to her root
in Mexico.
• Frida made her own clothing, often wearing dresses
and skirts due to her disabilities.
• The way the assembles are set up here show case each
and everyone of them not only due to spacing, but
color scheme and contrast as well.

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CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

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CABINET OF CURIOSITIES CONT.
• This cabinet held some of the most unique items of
Frida's clothing collection.
• As she used layers, colors, and geometric shapes to
establish her identity.
• Cabinet of Curiosities helps a person understand the
life and personality of which Frida had. As she did
not shy away from anything.
• Everything in this installment flowed together, as it
was placed in a more glamorous yet soft setting, and
leading your eyes from one item to the next.

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INTERPRETATION
• I found this exhibit to truly be a journey, with in itself.
• As it took us through the her most tender and tragic
moments exposing her to us in a way that which the
world knew of, but never seen on such a personal level.
• To taking us to her most glorious moment in which she
got talked about through generations a we will always
remember her.
• As her work was often to be perceived as metaphoric,
this exhibit to was analogic by not only telling the
story of her life, but showing it to you from when she
was a child to the woman she was.
• This exhibit relates to the real world, just simply by
showing you that one person is not defined by their
disability, but they can define who they are themselves.

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EVALUATION
• Overall I feel this was a success from the layout to the
installment and pieces incorporation. The layout
providing a person with the emotional journey. For
example providing you with the childhood picture, then
showing you Frida’s assistive gear, all leading up to her
glorious outfits and clothing. Truly an aspiring journey.
• I would like others who are going into the is exhibit to go
in with an open mind and a understanding of who Frida
Kahlo was, because going in with a closed is easy to
misinterpret her disabilities for something else.
• This work is original not only because one of Mexico’s
Famous Artist wore it, but because and individual who
was not afraid of her disabilities and was able to embrace
everything she truly was designed and wore everything
there.

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WORK CITED
• https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/appearances-
can-be-deceiving%C2%A0/6gICPDLcNAzkJA
• https://www.biography.com/artist/frida-kahlo