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"The reproduction of Frida Kahlo's diary ... is a very special publishing event .... This replica is a beautiful fabrication, authentic in its details and faithful to the original....Her diary is a gorgeous phoenix: it adds to the luster of her posthumous life as an artist."
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The intimate life of artist Frida Kahlo is wonderfully revealed in the illustrated journal she kept during her last 10 years. This passionate and at times surprising record contains the artist's thoughts, poems, and dreams; many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, artist Diego Rivera, along with 70 mesmerising watercolour illustrations. The text entries in brightly coloured inks make the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Her writing reveals the artist's political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and her enormous courage in the face of more than thirty-five operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of eighteen.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you are expecting a standard diary, full of descriptions of what happened today, who visited for breakfast, and what Frida had for dinner - then don't order this book. Frida's diary is an amazing combination of text and paintings. She writes random comments with little consideration of form. In fact, many of the things she writes are random lists of words, or letters to loves that are never sent, or even descriptions of fantastic events that never occur outside of her imagination. It's like a huge and colorful experiment in free writing and unconscious expression. Combine these words with the sketches, paintings, and drawing scattered about - sometimes on pages of their own, sometimes in the midst of words that are written around the edges of the artwork - and you have an incredible and extremely unique diary. Personally, I found it inspiring to read and have incorporated many of the elements into my own journal. (If you are looking for a way to break out of writers block, or artists block, I would seriously consider getting a copy of this book and mimicking the technique. It's very freeing and has a way of generating ideas.)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As someone who has tried to keep a diary (and failed) I was interested to see what an artist would come up with and loving Frida Kahlo's work I thought I would get this. This buy was perfect for me and very inspiring.
If you are a diarist or would like to be one, Frida's diary might inspire you to write in a free style adding your art or clippings from papers etc.
If you are an artist/crafter it might help you to organise your note books. I now keeping a notebook a bit like this with naration around my designs. Like her, the naration doesn't necessarily fit with the pictures however, when I go back, I have a clearer understanding of why I wanted to creat an item.
Like the other reviewers have said you do have to flick back & forward as the English translations are at the back but I don't think that detracts from this.
Ultimately this is a beautiful book which is great to flick through and take inspiration from.
If you are a diarist or would like to be one, Frida's diary might inspire you to write in a free style adding your art or clippings from papers etc.
If you are an artist/crafter it might help you to organise your note books. I now keeping a notebook a bit like this with naration around my designs. Like her, the naration doesn't necessarily fit with the pictures however, when I go back, I have a clearer understanding of why I wanted to creat an item.
Like the other reviewers have said you do have to flick back & forward as the English translations are at the back but I don't think that detracts from this.
Ultimately this is a beautiful book which is great to flick through and take inspiration from.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How wonderful to have such an insight into Frida's art, thoughts and feelings. How wonderful to see the freedom with which she pens her words and images. As someone who has always kept some form of journal, this was a treasure - to get to know someone's true spirit as they saw it. I just wonder if she would have wanted the world to see them - I hesitated a long time before buying. In the end I could not resist the temptation.
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AMAZING
Her diary is a real must have, for every Frida's lover: a look into his pages all through his life. Great book.
Published 2 months ago by marta magnetti
A beautiful book
I love this book, it's the perfect gift for a Frida Kahlo lover. It's not a diary in the typical sense of the word, there are sketches interspersed with writing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rebecca
Great book
As an art student and studied Frida Kahlo and all of her work, this book was perfect for extra information to get hold of along with some amazing pictures inside, The delivery was... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Tashar
Disappointed
I bought this based on being a fan of her painting. Personally and at the risk of being the only person out there who just doesn't get it, i found the diary to be fairly... Read more
Published 6 months ago by 4wantofabettername
great
there was something wrong with this book- maybe the size, or this kind of book should be in paperback or different paper quality..... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Justina Dab
Diary of Frida Kahol
I bought it to inspire me for my art therapy course. Frida does not hold back. She writes and draws her pain. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Coco
A dream!!!
I love Frida and i alwayas wanted to know more about here and there is no better way to do that then reading this book. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by Marina Rocha
Well worth the wait
A really lovely book, everything thing about it, the weight the page thickness, the colour, makes it ascetically pleasing...not to mention the content! Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2007 by Laylarnie
Stunning
Beautiful book, beautiful spirit. My only criticism is structural. I had to do a lot of flipping back and forth. All told, though, it's worth it.
Published on 23 Mar 1998
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