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...drags the whole mess down into plaintive misdirection as Morén sings “I don’t want to grow up / I don’t want to stay young” over a maddeningly meandering synth flute. “Blue Period Picasso?? is narrated from, unsurprisingly, the point-of-view of a Blue period Picasso painting. It is as bad as it sounds. Case in point: “But I’m not just being blue… It’s just a part of what I am / It?...

Author: By Spencer Burke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peter Bjorn & John | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...works include two sculptures by Brancusi, Picasso??s 1918 “Harlequin Playing the Guitar,” and Mirò’s 1945 “Woman in the Night.” The donation also contains pieces by contemporary American sculptors Richard Serra and Joel Shapiro, giving viewers the opportunity to see the work of living artists...

Author: By Ama R. Francis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Art Museum Lands Major Gift | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...jewel case of Rise Against’s “Appeal to Reason” is adorned with the post-apocalyptic silhouettes of ruined cities, a few left-wing movie recommendations, and a quote from Pablo Picasso??“No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.” Rise Against is at war. They have drawn the lines of battle, chosen the side of the downtrodden, selected their weapon of choice, and illustrated the stakes—namely, everything. Even from the packaging, it’s apparent...

Author: By Mark A. Fusunyan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rise Against | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...still valued today. The atrocity of the large scale bombing of the city of Guernica, which resulted in immense loss of life in 1937, led to the creation one of the best-known works of art of the 20th century. “[The bombing] is what sparked Picasso??s ‘Guernica,’ which is without question the most famous anti-war work of art,” says Epps. “Picasso was so incensed by what he read in the newspapers that he painted this massive canvas.”However...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HFA Brings Spanish ‘Freedom Fighters’ to Screen | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...particularly candid moment in the Oscar-nominated “Children of Men,” which takes place in a dystopian world 20 years into the future. During a visit to a gallery he owns—and which is now, in 2027, home to Picasso??s “Guernica,” the artist’s 1937 protest against fascism and political violence—Owen’s cousin responds, “I just don’t think about it.” Ignoring the realities of the world depicted...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Cautionary Tale in ‘Children of Men’ | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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