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Frida Kahlo, Mexico's most famous woman artist best known for her numerous self-portraits, is portrayed once more as hyperrealist Kazuhiro Tsuji's latest subject. Tsuji, featured here on our blog and in Hi-Fructose Vol. 35, has become well known for his larger than life portraits of celebrities, artists, presidents and other popular figures. Rendered with a heightened realism, Tsuji's Frida is made of resin, platinum silicone, and other materials by the same technique that he once practiced as a special effects makeup artist.
Frida Kahlo is not only an influential 20th-century artist — she's an icon. Through the often painful, autobiographical threads in her life's work, fans have come to embrace the late painter as a symbol of fearless self-expression and resilience. San Francisco's Gauntlet Gallery pays homage to Kahlo with their group show, "Thank God It's Frida," which opens on January 31. Artists such as Valentin Fischer, David Slone, JeanPaul Mallozzi, Cheyenne Randall, Ruben Ireland, and many others paid homage to Kahlo's brazen spirit and personal style with portraits of the artist. Alongside the exhibition, San Francisco artist D Young V will also debut his site-specific installation, "Forward Motion," which takes over part of the gallery with floor-to-ceiling murals filled with D Young V's signature, propaganda-style imagery.