ART interview by FABIOLA TALAVERA portraits by OLIVIER ZAHM women engaging in acts of love, lavish interiors of fast cars, tropical landscapes, modern machines, altar-like triptychs hiding secret images, and canvases in the shape of stars and lamborghini doors: mexican artist frieda toranzo jaeger combines a diverse array of motifs and mediums in her work, introducing queerness to design and decor FABIOLA TALAVERA — You were based in Berlin for many years. Why did you move there, and how did it influence your practice? FRIEDA TORANZO JAEGER — I lived a total of eight years between Berlin and Hamburg, studying in the latter city under the mentorship of Jutta Koether. To be honest, I went to Germany because I wasn’t accepted at La Esmeralda [the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking in Mexico City] and had the great privilege of having a German passport from my mother’s side of…