RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK -- Diane Kahlo

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Detail of Diane Kahlo's "Alma Venesa Cardenas Ramos" (2010) purchased from Mason-Nordgauer Fine Arts Gallery in New Harmony, Indiana. Our Lady of Guadalupe icon stands in for the portrait of Ms. Ramos whose face was never photographed. 

Before COVID-19, our plans for Memorial Day week focused on a crowded Indy 500 race and packed NYC Broadway shows. Instead, we drove to tiny, isolated New Harmony, Indiana. There, we were introduced to the work of Kentucky-based sculptor Diane Kahlo. Second-cousin to feminist icon Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Diane uses traditional Mexican religious iconography to create memorials to honor dead girls and women murdered in Mexico. We purchased her "Alma Venesa Cardenas Ramos," and that makes Diane Kahlo, our collector's tip of the week.

In her home in Lexington, artist Diane Kahlo sat behind paintings from her exhibit Wall of Memories: The Disappeared Señoritas of Ciudad Juárez. So far, she has painted the faces of more than 150 girls and women who have been murdered in the Mexican city. Hundreds more have been killed. [Courtesy Lexington-Herald] 

NEWS OF 2008-2019 from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Tsherin Sherpa's "Luxarion 1" at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Harmonia Rosales releases "Crucifixion" as limited edition print [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: Two professors from CKP use the lockdown to create art [More News]
• Jewish Art of Week: Collector Robert Weisman 'spassion for Chris Riggs’ “Ahava” (love)  [More News]
• Other Art of Week: Angelina Pwerle's “Bush Plum” at Tulane University's Newcomb Art Museum [More News]

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Diane Kahlo's "Alma Venesa Cardenas Ramos" (2010) purchased for $125 from Mason-Nordgauer Fine Arts Gallery in New Harmony, Indiana

“Guadeloupe”The centerpiece of Diane Kahlo’s “Wall of Memories: Las Desaparecidas de Cuidad Juarez” exhibition.Format: 78.5″ x 58.25″x 1.75″Date: 2010Artist: Diane Kahlo; Price: $8,200.00; Category: Sculpture

“Rose”The centerpiece of Diane Kahlo’s “Wall of Memories: Las Desaparecidas de Cuidad Juarez” exhibition.Format: 5’x5′Artist: Diane Kahlo; Price: $4,750; Category: Sculpture

"Skull 10" Hand Embellished Sculptural SkullArtist: Diane KahloEach skull comes with a gold painted wooden display shelf and mount (included in price); Price: $300; Category: Sculpture