PICASSO: LEARNED HAND, WILD EYE

With a vast volume of works by the Spanish artist, Percent ao Musee National Picasso-Paris, the important exhibition organized by Instituto Tomie Ohtake, in Sao Paulo, brings pieces that keep a very particular relationship between Picasso and his work, since they were selected and kept by him throughout his life. These works that lived by his side are now part of the collection of the French museum, whose Picassian collection is one of the most important in the world., coming mainly from two successive donations made by the painter's heirs in 1979 e 1990. Only two of the works shown in the show originally came from the collection of Dora Maar, subsequently acquired by the museum.
“Picasso: learned hand, wild eye”, curated by Emilia Philippot, also curator of the Musée National Picasso-Paris, it's composed by 153 parts, being the vast majority unprecedented in Brazil, that trace a chronological and thematic path around sets that follow the main phases of the artist, from the formative years to the later years of production. Are 116 works of the spanish master – 34 paintings, 42 graphics, 20 sculptures and 20 prints -, in addition to a series of 22 photograms by André Villers made in partnership with Picasso. complete the show, 12 photographs by Dora Maar, three by Pirre Manciet and films about the works and their realization processes.
As stated by the curator, the exhibition is based on the special relationship maintained by the artist with his own works. “This intimate and personal connection, that irrigates all of Picasso's production, transpires differently according to the various periods: intimate portraits of the artist's mother or her first child, Paul, Maria-Thèrèse Walter's passionate celebration of feminine sensuality, intransigent denunciations of the evils caused by contemporary conflicts, of the Spanish Civil War or the Occupation of France by German troops”, destaca Philippot. “According to the curator, still, whatever the topic, you can see it from all sides, beyond the shapes, the lived experiences of Picasso.” The Lover's Ties, the doubts of man, the joys of the family man, citizen's commitments: everything was introduced into his art.” The show goes to 14 August 2016. Full article in the May issue. Photo: the bathers 1918, 26,3×21,7 cm, oil on canvas, work of the Picasso Museum, Paris