Friday, August 3, 2012

Picasso



You have until August 26 to see a fabulous exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario:




 The galleries are beautiful and  the paintings are exciting.  The audio commentary is extremely helpful and there are some charming sections in which the narration is by a group of children attempting to make sense of it all.
 One of my favorite pieces is a self portrait of "himself" licking an ice cream cone on the beach



A joke might put things in perspective:

Artist Pablo Picasso surprised a burglar at work in his new chateau. The intruder got away, but Picasso told the police he could do a rough sketch of what he looked like. On the basis of his drawing, the police arrested a mother superior, the minister of finance, a washing machine, and the Eiffel tower.


As Picasso said - "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life" - so go and get cleaned up!



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1 comment:

Jo said...

I've seen it twice. Genius!! Loved the kids section on the audio.