FRIDA KAHLO AND MY LEFT LEG

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Synopsis

At first sight of Kahlo’s painting The Two Fridas, Emily Rapp Black felt a connection with the artist. An amputee from childhood, Rapp Black grew up with a succession of prosthetic limbs, and learned that she had to hide her disability from the world. Kahlo sustained lifelong injuries after a horrific bus crash and her right leg was eventually amputated. In Kahlo’s art, Rapp Black recognised her own life, from the numerous operations to the compulsion to create to silence pain. Here she tells her story of losing her infant son to Tay-Sachs, giving birth to a daughter, and learning to accept her body. She writes of how Frida Kahlo inspired her to find a way forward when all seemed lost.

Book details

Author:
Emily Rapp Black
ISBN:
9781912559275
Related ISBNs:
9781912559268
Publisher:
Notting Hill Editions
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-06-14
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2021
Copyright by:
Emily Rapp Black 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Nonfiction