Picasso Exhibition

Well, I think it is time I finally got around to describing the Picasso Exhibition.

To start with, I am not a big fan of Picasso. His work doesn't really appeal to me. That said, the exhibition was fascinating. As well as paintings there were a large number of studies, so that I could see the gradual development of a number of the works. In particular detail was the photographic history Dora Marr took of the painting of Guernica. Some elements which were dominant in the initial sketches were completely gone by the final version.

There was a gradual change in style over time, from a more "natural" style to a very stylised, disjointed style. Some of the studies of Guernica reminded me a bit of M. C. Escher's work, mostly in the style of sketching rather than in the subject matter.

The photographs of his friends and lovers were especially sad, once I knew that some of them died in concentration camps. WW2 really was a terrible time to be alive in Europe.

I enjoyed the exhibition and I am glad I went.