Word: picassos
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...FOGG'S exhibition of Master Drawings by Picasso is the first show in this country devoted solely to his works on paper since Alfred Stieglitz displayed the young Spaniard's drawings and etchings at the avant-garde 291 Gallery in New York. That was in 1911. Now, 70 years later on the centennial of Picasso's birth, the Fogg's Gary Tinterow has assembled more than 100 drawing watercolors, and guaches from 50 collections and museums around the world. Because of the recent settling of Picasso's estate, it is now possible to exhibit works that were previously unknown...
Although many exhibitions of Picasso's works have hung drawings, these pieces were always considered supportive of--or even subordinate to--his paintings. But Tinterow notes that "for Picasso, line was supreme," and his drawings, while crucial to the understanding of his overall work, are important as independent art, because there are entire themes and approaches that Picasso explored in his drawings that never appeared in his paintings. Tinterow also regards the drawings as important in the context of Picasso's work because "there is no clear stylistic line separating Picasso's drawings and paintings." Picasso...
...exhibition is not competing with any other Picasso show, such as the Museum of Modern Art's definitive exhibition last year. The only thing the two shows have in common, other than a few pieces, is the crowd they will attract. At the Fogg, as in New York, hordes of interested people will shuffle through the galleries to look at the art, even though many of them don't like Picasso, and though many will be confused by what they...
Some of them will know they are confused, and others will think they are not. But it is not shameful to be confused by Picasso, and only the most dishonest or pompous art historians will tell you they "understand" Picasso. It is therefore important to at least give yourself a fighting chance and look at the drawings in the context of the chronology of the artist's life, as they are hung. Unfortunately, the fact that the catalogue for the show will not appear until April 15--ten days after the exhibition will be disassembled--will make this difficult...
TINTEROW intends the exhibition to be a comprehensive yet selective representation of Picasso's best works, concentrating on his transitional and revolutionary phases: 1906-7, 1914, 1919, 1933, and his final years. But the Fogg puts these into context with works ranging from Picasso's earliest studies (drawn at age 13) to his self-portrait executed just months before his death...