Artist Talk: Adela Antoinette and Maya Vera

Self-portraits by Adela Antoinette and Maya Vera are on view in The World of Frida; their artworks emulate Kahlo in very different ways. Join the artists in the galleries for a discussion about how Kahlo’s work influenced them.

Frida Kahlo once said, “I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.” In recreating the self-portraits of historic artists through her mastery of theatrical make-up and props, Antoinette comes to inhabit them and experience surprising emotional connections. Vera’s performance-based photographs explore her ethnicity and identity as a Mexican-American woman. Her characters exploit viewers’ perceptions of the female body in unexpected and uncomfortable ways.

Image: Maya Vera. Colonial Chic, 2016. Archival inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist.

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