"I paint My Own Reality"
                           -Frida Kahlo

     IN WONDERLAND

     was a recent art exhibit at the LACMA featuring the works of Women Surrealist Artists who through their art explored past the impossible to discover the sensitivity, creativity and vivid colors of their inner worlds.  LA Painted Lady was inspired by these women artists of the United States and Mexico who followed their passions, dreams, visions and emotions to create from that unique place.  What does it mean to be an Artist?  A woman Artist?  A Surrealist?  Artists featured in this exhibit pushed past boundaries to create something truely new.

       

LA Painted Lady

LA Painted Lady's costume was inspired by two works of art, "Diego y yo" by Frida Kahlo, and a painting by Sylvia Fein:

 
               

Several of Frida Kahlo's works were on display,  including "Las Dos Fridas." 

                      

Las Tres Fridas

LA Painted Lady posed with the painting as the third Frida.


At the exhibit, she met a Mother and Daughter similarly inspired by Frida Kahlo's fashion:

                   

Las Tres Fridas

LA Painted Lady

May 8, 2012