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KAWS (American, born 1974). WHAT PARTY, 2020. Bronze, paint, 90 × 435/16 × 353/8 in. (228.6 × 110 × 89.9 cm). © KAWS. (Photo: Michael Biondo)
Exhibition – KAWS: WHAT PARTY.
February 26–September 5, 2021
In Frida Kahlo’s 1941 self-portrait “Yo y Mis Pericos,” four parrots are perched on the artist’s shoulders and lap. In Alana Archer’s recreation, cleaning products stand in for the parrots. Painting belongs to Harold H. Stream Collection in New Orleans. Photo by Archer
Alana Archer, an interior designer in Kelowna, British Columbia, was inspired by the 1941 Kahlo painting “Me and My Parrots,” which shows four colorful parrots perched on the artist’s shoulders and in her lap. The parrots almost act like guard dogs for the Mexican artist, who suffered through years of chronic pain. For her variation on the self-portrait, Archer swapped parrots for a spray bottle and detergent, all of which happened to be green.