Frida in America, Celia Stahr
Frida in America, Celia Stahr
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Frida in America
The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist

Author: Celia Stahr

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 13 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/03/2020

Synopsis

The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know todayMexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental. Only twenty-three and newly married to the already world-famous forty-three-year-old Diego Rivera, she was at a crossroads in her life and this new place, one filled with magnificent beauty, horrific poverty, racial tension, anti-Semitism, ethnic diversity, bland Midwestern food, and a thriving music scene, pushed Frida in unexpected directions. Shifts in her style of painting began to appear, cracks in her marriage widened, and tragedy struck, twice while she was living in Detroit. Frida in America is the first in-depth biography of these formative years spent in Gringolandia, a place Frida couldn’t always understand. But it’s precisely her feelings of being a stranger in a strange land that fueled her creative passions and an even stronger sense of Mexican identity. With vivid detail, Frida in America recreates the pivotal journey that made Senora Rivera the world famous Frida Kahlo.

About Celia Stahr

Celia Stahr is a professor at the University of San Francisco, where she specializes in modern American and contemporary art with an emphasis on feminist art and gender studies, as well as African and multicultural art. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Iowa and lives in the Bay Area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on February 01, 2020

In 2015, I saw the Detroit Institute of Art (DAI) exhibition Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit. I knew Diego Rivera from the DIA court murals but I had known little about Frida Kahol. Reading Frida Kahol in America by Celia Stahr, specifically about Kahlo's time in Detroit, I could clearly rem......more

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt on November 20, 2019

Frida in America Celia Stahr has presented us with a full and well-researched account of Frida Kahlo’s life and loves, troubles and tragedies, brilliance and bloom. Frida seems to have emerged and re-emerged out of her life experience on a daily basis, catepillar to butterfly, by infinity loops. Frid......more

Goodreads review by Robin on November 21, 2019

Frida is such a fascinating woman. I find myself so drawn to her life and art. This biography is the best I have read. I devoured this read. I will reread it again and again. The author made it easy to feel you were next to Frida as her life unfolded. The sounds, smells, emotions, love, hate, discov......more

Goodreads review by Shuhada Ramli on November 14, 2019

Rating : 4.5 stars Review : It is a very comprehensive biography of Frida Kahlo contains of vibrant colours of her life, a prominent talent and her tormented emotions. As someone who appreciate arts and paintings, I was fascinated by the way Frida expressed her feelings especially the horrendous pain......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 04, 2020

Really enjoyed this historical look at a brief window of the life and career of Frida Kahlo. Lots of primary sources cited and some fascinating speculative analysis about her use of symbolism in various areas of her art and life. It was particularly cool to read this right before attending the Frida......more

Quotes

"Listeners experience the disorientation and dismissal that Kahlo encountered in a personal way due to [Frankie] Corzo's evocative delivery. Listeners who want to learn more about Kahlo will sink into these two volumes, which explore a remarkable life as told by a strong voice."
—AudioFile Magazine

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