The Mexican company Frida Khalo Corporation presented yesterday a "Barbie" Frida Kahlo. The company run by the heiresses of the painter who also announced a brand of tequila said they wanted to represent Frida with dignity.
These products add to the glasses, books and pieces of jewelry already sold by this family business, much criticized by the descendants of the muralist Diego Rivera, of whom Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a wife and muse.
The Frida doll will go on sale before the end of the year in Mexico, Europe, USA. UU. and Canada at a price of about $ 250. Frida had a great love for dolls and the one made by the company Eny "has all the spirit" of her, according to Mara Romeo Pinedo Kahlo, granddaughter of the painter. Eny will craft 100,000 Frida dolls a year. "They are handmade from hairstyle to shoes," the company said.
The doll resembles the painter and is dressed in her characteristic outfits, based on traditional Mexican costumes. Cristina Dorsett, owner of this company, said the article is not a toy, "but a work of art, a piece of collection." Mara de Anda, great granddaughter of Kahlo, said that the doll is a way to make a famous tribute to the famous Mexican artist.
I have had the opportunity to see Frida Kahlo's work here in Santiago de Compostela. It is impressive to see his paintings that reflect his life, his passions and his suffering. The truth is that I don't know what this temperamental artist would think if it were reflected in a commercial product. I imagine he would not want to be known as a doll, but as the great artist he was.
