In two
exhibits two prestigious art institutions one on each side of the Atlantic, the
Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Grand Palais in Paris, are paying
tribute to Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
While the
exhibit in New York focuses on his sculptures, the Paris show will juxtapose
his works with those of the artists he influenced.
The museum
is focusing on 140 of the master’s three-dimensional works created between 1902
and 1964. This is the most significant exhibit of Picasso’s works in the United
States in over half a century.
Though his
sculpture work was often neglected because it wasn’t the artist’s primary
discipline, MoMA stresses that these creations did have a profound influence on
the 20th and 21st centuries. The museum also reminds visitors that his
sculptures held great personal importance for the painter. Produced in bursts,
Picasso kept them his entire life, living among them as if they were members of
his family.
In this
exhibit, each sculpture or group of sculptures represents a chapter in the
artist’s life, each chapter unique based on new tools used, materials and
processes as well as new muses or collaborators.
The exhibit
will also contain a section dedicated to portraits made in the 1930s,
considered to be the seminal works by the painter of “Guernica” and his
creations dating from his time as a young artist in Avignon, France.
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