Que Viva Picasso Exhibition in Cluj Napoca , by Gabriel Buturka

 

  The exhibition "Que viva Picasso" will be hosted by the Museum of Art in Cluj Napoca, from March 30 to May 1, 2016.

The curatorial concept developed by Thomas Emmerling and Dan Breaz highlights Picasso's special ability to take in an original way a significant number of masterpieces, myths of arts and themes of literature.

The graphic work of Pablo Picasso, sufficiently valuable to include among the great creations of universal art, approached constantly in an original manner a large number of topics related to mythology, figures of wives and mistresses,  erotic themes, topics of the Spanish gold century or book illustrations.

The exhibition which opens at the Museum of Art in Cluj-Napoca covers through its selection, the entire 1916-1961 period, but especially highlights the range in the late 1950s and early 1960s by some of the most fascinating cycles of his work graphics: De mémoire d'homme, Don Quixote, Les Menines et la vie, Toros y Toreros, L'espace et la Flûte respectively and posters Les Menines for the National Congress du mouvement de la Paix.

The order of presenting these cycles provides a chronological picture of the development and consistent work created by the artist through a continuous diversification of graphic techniques.

 Que viva Picasso! The graphics and the book illustrations highlight a particular concern in the work of Pablo Picasso processing great problems of creation. This stage of interpretation was made known especially after the middle of the twentieth century. In this period we witness the height of analytical and interpretive spirit of Pablo Picasso, which caused him to engage in a creative way by then less present in his work. Between 1954 and 1960, he conducted a series of works that remembers topics from famous works of art, such as Women in Algeria (Eugène Delacroix), Las Meninas (Diego Velázquez) Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Édouard Manet). Through its new artistic vision of this period, Pablo Picasso search  to reveal existential truths complementary, but different from the inspiration source.

The exhibition highlights Pablo Picasso's special ability to broaden the artistic sphere through  innovative language and critical thinking, which are fundamental values  for the development of modern art.