Word: picasso
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Fontcuberta’s goal in creating misleading exhibits, such as a “previously undiscovered” series of Picasso-style prints that he successfully displayed at the so-called (fictitious) “Picasso Museum of Miami,” is to force the public to question accepted truths. He is adamant that photography does not directly reflect the real world; rather, it is a message filtered through the many lenses of intellectual, cultural and historical dogma. By decoding these biases, Fontcuberta believes we come closer to the truth...
...Crumb Coffee Table Art Book by R. Crumb (Little Brown & Co.; 1997) Crumb's impact on his field, as well as his longevity as a crucial artist, rivals that of Picasso. The closest he ever got to a long-form graphic novel was an early work, "The Big Yum Yum Book," but his short pieces remain the reason forhis influence. This is the only single-volume collection that spans his entire output, including psychedelic freak-outs, blistering social satires and naked autobiography...
...Bring Back the Dead White Men,” Nov. 6). College is a place to delve deeply into one’s chosen field; for example, in visual and environmental studies we learn that the “African Art” you mention crucially influenced Pablo Picasso, a dead white man. (Or do Spanish men not count...
...mosh pit of revelers, no one catches him. Fired by the band, he holes up with a friend who is too meek to say no but who does suggest that Dewey help with the rent by selling one of his guitars. The artiste is aghast: "Would you ask Picasso to sell one of his guitars...
...until Jan. 5 before moving to Montreal, is, like the man, somewhere in the surrealist realm of wretched excess, offering more than 700 drawings, photographs, collages, film clips, set and costume designs, letters, manuscripts and bits of memorabilia. There are portraits of Cocteau by Jacques-Emile Blanche, Man Ray, Picasso and Andy Warhol, and portraits by Cocteau of Modigliani, Picasso and Kisling, each done in the sitter's own style. It's all in dire need of editing, but remains surprisingly good entertainment, which is appropriate for a man who had more than one talent to amuse...