Isabelle de Borchgrave (b. 1946, Belgium) took almost three years to create Miradas de Mujeres, a titanic work painted by hand. By using more than 4 kilometers of paper and cardboard she produced dresses, carpets, furniture, trees and other elements to recreate the unique universe of Frida Kahlo and her iconic house, the Casa Azul (The Blue House).
Offering a unique, trompe l'oeil experience into Kahlo’s world, the exhibition will showcase the artist’s living room, workshop, kitchen, dressing room, and garden. Far from the image of suffering and pain, linked to the disability of the Mexican icon, Isabelle de Borchgrave focuses here, through color, on her joy of living which transcended the hardships of her life as a woman, artist, and cultural figure.
Visitors will be invited to dive into a joyful universe entirely made of paper by Isabelle de Borchgrave and to be inspired by the generosity of an artist whose creative practice remains resolutely distinct.
