Rosa Maria Unda Souki Explores Frida Kahlo's Blue House in Madrid Exhibition
From December 11, 2013, to January 18, 2014, the Institut français de Madrid will showcase 'Esquina Londres y Allende,' a series by Venezuelan artist Rosa Maria Unda Souki, who earned the special jury prize at the 2011 Salon de Montrouge. This exhibition comprises paintings and drawings inspired by Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Coyoacán, Mexico. Unda Souki, who has studied in Brazil and resided in France, interprets interiors as reflections of herself. Her earlier works include 'Espaces intimes' (2006) and 'Expropriation' (2011). For her Kahlo series, she delved into the archives of the Blue House, weaving in elements from Kahlo's life, including her childhood, marriage to Diego Rivera, and later experiences.
Key facts
- Rosa Maria Unda Souki won the special jury prize at the Salon de Montrouge in 2011.
- Exhibition 'Esquina Londres y Allende' runs December 11, 2013 to January 18, 2014 at Institut français de Madrid.
- The series depicts Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Coyoacán, Mexico.
- Unda Souki studied at the Armando Reveron school in Caracas, then in Brazil, and lived in France for ten years.
- She currently lives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
- Her earlier series include 'Expropriation' (2011) about her family home seized by Hugo Chávez's government.
- The Kahlo series required research using Kahlo's diary, photographs, and a 1968 catalog.
- The series is divided into three periods: 1907-1925, 1925-1937, and 1937-1954.
- The third part of the series is still in progress and will be shown in 2014.
- Frames around each scene are decorated with motifs from Kahlo's life, like a red-and-green pattern from her dress.
Entities
Artists
- Rosa Maria Unda Souki
- Frida Kahlo
- Diego Rivera
- Federico García Lorca
- Christian Boltanski
- Étienne-Martin
- Mathieu Cherkit
- Édouard Vuillard
- Isamu Noguchi
- José Guadalupe Posada
- André Breton
- Léon Trotski
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Hugo Chávez
Institutions
- Institut français de Madrid
- Salon de Montrouge
- Palais de Tokyo
- Musée de l'Orangerie
- Escuela de Arte Armando Reveron
- Casa Azul
Locations
- Madrid
- Spain
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Coyoacán
- Caracas
- Venezuela
- Brazil
- France
- Paris
- Montreuil
- Belo Horizonte
- Grenada
- Huerta de San Vincente
Sources
- artpress —