At a mobile book stand in the 798 Art District of Beijing, Chen Ke stumbled upon an album of photographs documenting Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her family, which she purchased immediately. She was inspired to paint recreations of the photos themselves, as well as scenes from her own life and pregnancy at the time. These drawings, sculptures, and video form a mixed-media “album” of Chen’s understanding of womanhood, from early pregnancy into her daughter’s infancy.

© Chen Ke, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA