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Picasso in Contemporary Art: Diechtorhallen, Hamburg
Picasso in Contemporary Art Diechtorhallen Hamburg Author:David Bowie, Michael Fitzgerald, Axel Heil Picasso s overabundant sensuality and power of imagination and his wide stylistic — and thematic range has provoked responses from artists for over one hundred — years. No twentieth-century artist has enjoyed as much attention or been as — influential. Featuring a selection of 200 works by 87 artists from Jay Z and Jasper — Johns to Dora Maar and Ki... more »ppenberger, this elegant and substantial exhibition
catalog from Hamburg sheds light on Picasso s artistic reception, beginning in
1912 with Juan Gris s Portrait of Pablo Picasso. Divided into five sections Picasso
and German art; female artists present-day view of Picasso; Picasso s significance
for the political image; Picasso s global reception; and the polarization between
Picasso and Marcel Duchamp and including essays by art historian Michael
Fitzgerald and Pompidou deputy director Didier Ottinger, among others. Detailed
discussions of each work in the show that clarify the relationship between Picasso s
work and that of each artist add depth and history to this scholarly catalog.« less