"The paintings in the exhibition will provide a valuable counterpoint to the prints and drawings by revealing one of Picasso's true geniuses, his ability to work in several different styles and media at the same time.""Picasso's monumental fame will be forever linked to his development of the abstract style that came to be known as Cubism."
October 15 to January 15, 2006. Who's with me people? Who wants to do a one day road trip to Vancouver to see Picasso?
Comments (10)
Cointenly! Give me enough notice and I'll book a day off work.
Posted by ben | October 31, 2005 9:13 PM
Posted on October 31, 2005 21:13
It's a good show. Well worth coming over to see. But Jesus, I never knew Picasso was such a macho fuck. "The rape" indeed.
Posted by borneo | October 31, 2005 11:38 PM
Posted on October 31, 2005 23:38
I am sure the exhibition is great. But both quotes mislead the viewer as they are part of a Picasso reception that at the same time overrates and underrates certain parts of his oevre and is grounded on a romantic notion of the artist as genius without taking into account Picasso's ability to track and trace the pulse of time. And it discredits Bracque!!! Sorry for the geeky vent!
Posted by yogayeur | November 1, 2005 1:17 AM
Posted on November 1, 2005 01:17
Just as long as you call stephen and/or I while you're here. It's become a bit of a tradition to go see VAG with you.
Posted by majeric | November 1, 2005 8:13 AM
Posted on November 1, 2005 08:13
I wanna go! Wait until I'm home over Christmas! Please?
Posted by Robbie-Rü | November 1, 2005 9:32 AM
Posted on November 1, 2005 09:32
Heh. Vag. /lowbrow.
Posted by ben | November 1, 2005 12:59 PM
Posted on November 1, 2005 12:59
hee. snicker.
K. Some time in December we'll load up the Van of Death and head over for the day and take a late ferry back
Posted by michael | November 1, 2005 3:14 PM
Posted on November 1, 2005 15:14
We should all wear weirdly angled flannel shirts and bowties, as if to condone Picasso's flagrant and cubist machismo.
I hadn't actually realized that cubists could be macho.
Posted by ben | November 1, 2005 8:45 PM
Posted on November 1, 2005 20:45
anyone who has a picture of himself taken with baguette/ bread roll fingers must be one. overly large fingers ...
Posted by voyageur | November 2, 2005 1:40 AM
Posted on November 2, 2005 01:40
Stephen and I went two weeks ago... now, maybe I am horribly uncultured, but I found it extremely boring and redundant.
(I laughed when I read borneo's comment above. About 50% of the sketches, it seemed, had the words "rape" or "minotaur" in the title.)
Needless to say, I preferred the other exhibits and pieces upstairs.
Posted by Jason | November 11, 2005 6:28 PM
Posted on November 11, 2005 18:28