Picasso | The Spare Room. I believe the name is known to almost everybody in the world. “Painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart.” Or so he says. But in his paintings reality is, if not split apart, then utterly distorted to fit the ideal image in his own mind. …And I am not a fan of that. Before I proceed, let me plead for apologies a million times! I saw the Picasso exhibition that came to Toronto’s AGO from the Musee National Picasso. Pablo Picasso. This image I found on Goodle only represents a fraction of the rendering and colour, you have to see it live. Pablo Picasso. Part of his Blue Period, the one-eyed woman is Picasso’s monochromatic painting that became the first of my two top favourites. Pablo Picasso. From what I’ve counted, depicted in his paintings, Picasso had about three or four mistresses.
Pablo Picasso. What a contrast of style! Pablo Picasso. I thought this painting was extremely powerful! Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso. Another mistress. Picasso's the tragedy. The life and works of Pablo Picasso. Picasso: masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso :: Art Gallery NSW. This summer see the greatest Picasso exhibition ever to come to Australia. Some 150 paintings, drawings and sculptures will fill most of the ground floor of the Art Gallery of NSW. These are ‘Picasso’s Picassos’, personal and revealing works that he kept to shape his own legacy. Made possible only by the closure of the Musée National Picasso in Paris for renovations, the Gallery is the only venue in Australia on the exhibition’s world tour.
This is a rare opportunity to see work from the world’s most celebrated artist on such scale outside France. An Australian first, the exhibition showcases seven decades of Pablo Picasso’s art. Every phase of his extraordinary career is represented, including masterpieces from the Blue, Rose, expressionist, cubist, neoclassical and surrealist periods.
The exhibition is co-organised by the Musée National Picasso, Paris, the Art Gallery of NSW and Art Exhibitions Australia. Read sponsors statements. On-line Picasso Project.