picasso

Recently I went with my mom to a free museum day at the deyoung to see the picasso exhibit. It's pretty neat because though the 100 or so pieces on display are normally housed in the musee national picasso, they are on a tour of sorts until 2012 when that museum is finished with renovations; this means that we here in the bay area are able to enjoy them until october without having to travel to paris!

Having left no will, upon picasso's death in the seventies his family paid off his estate taxes in the form of works that he left behind, about 3600 pieces in all. the musee national picasso is comprised mainly of these pieces.

we took a free docent tour of the exhibit, where the docent pointed out and explained some of the more prolific pieces in the exhibit. i'm not really an art girl, but i liked looking at the pieces and learned a fair amount from the tour, much more than if i just wandered about by myself. one piece that really stuck out to me was "celestina," a depiction of a madame who was completely blind in one eye. it was thought that out of that eye, she was able to see and sense more of the world than a normal working eye would. this was painted during his blue period, do you see why?

(http://artinvestment.ru/content/download/news_2010/20100621_picasso_selestina.jpg)

i also really loved his sketches. they actually kind of remind me of the doodles that the kids do in sunday school:

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/images/ai_picasso_study.jpg)

this wasn't on display at the deyoung, but this is actually a sketch of "guernica," one of his most famous pieces.

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/images/ai_picasso.jpg)

if you have the chance, you should go out and see this exhibit!

Comments

CM said…
Oooo! That's a lot of pieces. Darn missed the free day! Definitely have to go next month.

Have you played this? http://freerice.com/#/famous-paintings/ I love how some artists are just so distinguishable. They were the first to create a unique technique or look that becomes synonymous with their name.
September 7, 2011 at 3:19 PM
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