Preview: ‘Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home’

One of the most influential artists of all time, an artist whose work is immediately recognisable – Frida Kahlo’s life and work is explored in a new graphic novel by Francisco de la Mora, published by SelfMadeHero.

“Frida Kahlo’s work has been widely celebrated as representative of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and for depicting the female experience and form. Overcoming illness, trauma, and physical injury, her iconic life, and the enduring art she made of it, communicate indomitable strength and the constant possibility of change.” — Circe Henestrosa

In Frida Kahlo; Her Life, Her Work, Her Home, artist Francisco de la Mora explores the world of this wonderful Mexican artist, an artist remembered as one of the most inspiring and inspired artists and personalities of the 20th Century.

Part of SelfMadeHero‘s Art Masters series, it looks like it will be every bit as powerful and essential as previous works on Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Dali, Gauguin, Magritte, Picasso, Van Gogh, and Georgia O’Keefe.

Here’s the SelfMadeHero PR…

“Frida Kahlo, remembered as one of the most inspiring personalities of the 20th century, was a woman of two intertwined parts: she was both a charismatic and empowered artist exploring themes of resistance, authenticity, cruelty, and suffering, and a more private person whose wounded body caused her a lifetime of pain that underpinned the many successes and disappointments that marked her time in the world.

Revealing and exploring these two Fridas, Francisco de la Mora’s graphic biography – completed with the endorsement and support of the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City – vividly documents the landscapes and environments that inspired her, the dreams and nightmares that drove her, and the many people she loved. It is also a joyously beautiful tribute to her life, her work, her home – and her art.”

Francisco de la Mora’s work as a comics creator, either writing and drawing or collaborating with other artists includes his eight-volume Brief History of Mexico and the monthly piece he has drawn for the Hackney Citizen since January 2018. He was also the writer on the SelfMadeHero volume on Diego Rivera, Kahlo’s husband.

Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home

Written and drawn by: Francisco de la Mora

Published by SelfMadeHero – US Release: 4th April 2023, UK Release: 16th March 2023