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Home El Listón Y La Bomba. El Arte de Frida Kahlo / The Ribbon and the Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Art - Paperback
El Listón Y La Bomba. El Arte de Frida Kahlo / The Ribbon and the Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Art
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El Listón Y La Bomba. El Arte de Frida Kahlo / The Ribbon and the Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Art - Paperback

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by Helena Chávez Mac Gregor (Author)

«En este libro, Helena Chávez Mac Gregor nos hace verlo que no habíamos visto en aquello que ya habíamos visto, nos hace pensar cosas que no habíamos pensado, ahí donde creímos ya haber pensado. -Emiliano Monge

Frida Kahlo de verdad era una artista sobresaliente? Qué hace importante su obra? Por qué es una de las artistas más referidas de nuestro tiempo? Cómo podemos volver a su pintura y verla con ojos nuevos?

En su lúcido ensayo, Helena Chávez Mac Gregor deambula entre estas preguntas con el fin de desaprender lo que sabe del gran ícono cultural que es Frida Kahlo para entrar a su obra desde nuestro presente. A partir del análisis de diez pinturas, la autora propone sustituir la dominante interpretación autobiográfica de las obras con una lectura en clave de autorretrato. De tal manera, en vez de un manido historial clínico aparece una representación siempre cambiante y transitoria de la experiencia vital de la artista.

Las exploraciones literarias sobre la maternidad, la enfermedad y la sororidad de Maggie Nelson, Ocean Vuong y Cristina Rivera Garza; las visiones futuristas de China Miéville; la potencia antirracista de Fe/derico Navarrete y Yásnaya Elena A. Gil; la mirada sobre el mundo no humano de Bruno Latour, Isabelle Stengers y Vinciane Despret, y la subversión queer y feminista de Johanna Hedva y Sara Ahmed se entrecruzan con relatos íntimos de la ensayista en este gran bordado verbal que renueva la manera de interpretar la obra de la artista más famosa de México.

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Was Frida Kahlo really a great artist? What makes her work important? Why is she one of the most influential artists of our time? Is it possible to take a fresh approach to her paintings?

Helena Chávez Mac Gregor poses these questions in an effort to put aside Kahlo's status as a cultural icon and examine her works through a contemporary lens. In this insightful essay, she analyzes ten of the artist's paintings, suggesting that, rather than their traditional interpretation as autobiographical, they be viewed more as self-portraits. Doing so reveals them in a fresh perspective, as fleeting snapshots of Kahlo's evolving life experience.

Maggie Nelson, Ocean Vuong and Cristina Rivera Garza's literary musings on motherhood, illness and sisterhood; the futuristic visions of China Miéville; the antiracist politics of Fe/derico Navarrete and Yásnaya Elena A. Gil; Bruno Latour, Isabelle Stengers and Vinciane Despret's explorations of the non-human world; and the queer and feminist subversion of Johanna Hedva and Sara Ahmed are interwoven with the essayist's personal anecdotes in this grand verbal tapestry that offers a new interpretation of the work of Mexico's most famous artist.

Author Biography

Helena Chávez Mac Gregor nació en Ciudad de México en 1979. Es investigadora del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas de la UNAM. De 2009 a 2013 fue curadora académica del muac, donde fundó el programa Teoría Crítica, Campus Expandido. Ha sido curadora de exposiciones como El tiempo se siente menos si nos quedamos quietos, de la artista Melanie Smith, en el maz, 2025; Maternar. Entre el síndrome de Estocolmo y los actos de producción (junto a Alejandra Labastida) en el muac, unam, 2021; #NoMeCansaré. Estética y política en México, 2012-2018 (junto a Sol Henaro y Alejandra Labastida) en el muac, unam, 2018 y Teoría del color (junto a Alejandra Labastida y Cuauhtémoc Medina) en el muac, unam, 2014. Entre sus múltiples publicaciones destaca Insistir en la política. Rancière y la revuelta de la estética (UNAM, 2018). Actualmente investiga sobre la vida en tiempos perturbados donde reflexiona sobre las prácticas artísticas contemporáneas desde una perspectiva ecofeminista.

Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.56 x 9.04 x 6.06 IN
Publication Date: January 20, 2026

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