The Picasso Show
It's been almost a whole week and I still am not quite sure what to say about it. There was so much to take in. There were lots that I loved looking at and some that were not as interesting. On the one hand there were so many different great examples from his life but at the same time there were almost too many. As I walked around I kept thinking of the same question over and over again. How can I as an artist today produce artwork that can captivate a viewer and also be seen as an original concept? Has it all been done before? Pablo Picasso and those of his time shocked the world because the artwork they were producing had not been attempted before. Almost like Houdini performing some brand new death defying feat. Will people be amazed, proclaim it a success and be in awe or will he crash and burn. I don't need to be famous I guess(too much trouble comes along with that anyway) I would just like to produce artwork that people enjoy looking at for whatever their reasons. Most of my artwork is for me meaning I do what I like, the way I feel it should be done. In that respect Picasso and I are, in my opinion alike. As most artists are, aren't we.
There was one photograph of Picasso which I looked at for a while. I'm not sure where it was, probably in the long skinny room, but it was of him laying on the floor with a couple of children and they were doing some drawing or something. The look on the childrens faces of inspiration and on Picasso's face of pure enjoyment. There is nothing better than passing on a love of something.
Richard
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11:11 PM
2 Comments:
Thatas so funny that you mention that photo of Picasso drawing on the floor with his grandchildren, because I spent a good 5 minutes staring at it! Why, amidst all his artwork, was I most captivated by a photo? Its the parent and teacher in me. I was thinking, what would it be like to grow up with Pablo Picasso as your grandfather? Its no surprise that my work over the last few months deals primarily with memories of my grandad!
I keep thinking about that quote, the one about taking him a lifetime to learn to paint like a child. The show made me contemplate how I may be stifling my students' creativity,teaching them "the right way" and how can I be an effective teacher without losing their "Picasso" instincts?
-Casey
I have to say that the Picasso show was way too crowded to enjoy. I did really like a small still life with a white vase and fruit that had soft whites like a Morandi. Picasso was a great draftsman especially the way he could convey as image with a single like. Economy of line is hard to do. On the other hand, I don't think he was a great colorist because his palette was hard for me to look at. That strange green that is in almost every painting really bothered me. The sculptures were fabulous especially the last room with the figures.
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