Artists who transplanted suffering into art
It was a hot summer 12 years ago, but the 2010 Shanghai Expo was still full of people. Unlike my friends who were interested in the hot spots, I stopped in front of the Mexican National Pavilion and walked along the snaking line waiting to see Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954), The Wounded Fawn (1946). The painting is a self-portrait of a deer with a human face. Nine arrows are inserted in the body, and the blood is flowing. The fawn is running stubbornly in the forest.