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'This is a portrait of Picasso in the post-war years. Post Paris. Post austerity. Re-entering his own birthright beside the Mediterranean Sea (he was born in Malaga) in the south of France. He is creating different kinds of things too, including huge quantities of ceramics and sculptures, large and small. These ceramic objects and these sculptures are the best things in the show.'
--The Independent, June 7, 2010
--The Independent, June 7, 2010
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The catalog to an international art sensation – a once in a lifetime event of Picasso’s most prolific creative period – show opening at the Gagosian Gallery in London, June 2010. This volume features 3 single and 4 double gatefold illustrations and includes a detachable 23-page booklet of Picasso’s pencil and ink drawings.
During the decade after the end of World War II Picasso began to spend more and more time in the Cote d’Azur where he began drawing on the Mediterranean sources that had inspired him in earlier years. Picasso’s return to the south marked a return to a family life as well – which in turn inspired him in the studio. In the 1950s his sculpture work evolved and he expanded into ceramics, lithography, printing and graphic design techniques. This latest Picasso exhibition from the Gagosian Gallery features a more private side to these prolific years – a dazzling coming together paintings, sculptures, prints and ceramics – many provided by of the pieces by Picasso’s grandson, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso and curated by Mr. Ruiz-Picasso and Picasso’s acclaimed biographer, Sir John Richardson.
This is certain to garner as much press attention as Gagosian’s “must see” Picasso Mosqueteros exhibition in 2009.
During the decade after the end of World War II Picasso began to spend more and more time in the Cote d’Azur where he began drawing on the Mediterranean sources that had inspired him in earlier years. Picasso’s return to the south marked a return to a family life as well – which in turn inspired him in the studio. In the 1950s his sculpture work evolved and he expanded into ceramics, lithography, printing and graphic design techniques. This latest Picasso exhibition from the Gagosian Gallery features a more private side to these prolific years – a dazzling coming together paintings, sculptures, prints and ceramics – many provided by of the pieces by Picasso’s grandson, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso and curated by Mr. Ruiz-Picasso and Picasso’s acclaimed biographer, Sir John Richardson.
This is certain to garner as much press attention as Gagosian’s “must see” Picasso Mosqueteros exhibition in 2009.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Although this is essentially the catalogue of the recent exhibition it is unusual in that it contains high quality illustrations of, as far as I can tell, all the works exhibited.
This exhibition was notable as it showed the works Picasso produced during the period without imposing some kind if questionable curatorial thesis. Although I have seen many Picasso works in many different locations ranging from exhibitions to dedicated museums I have never seen the nuanced development of his thinking so clearly before. In the book the developmental sketches and notes are beautifully illustrated and has for me thrown a completely new light on his work.
This exhibition was notable as it showed the works Picasso produced during the period without imposing some kind if questionable curatorial thesis. Although I have seen many Picasso works in many different locations ranging from exhibitions to dedicated museums I have never seen the nuanced development of his thinking so clearly before. In the book the developmental sketches and notes are beautifully illustrated and has for me thrown a completely new light on his work.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful book that documents one of Picasso's most creative periods, the years between 1946 and 1962, when he would move from one residence to another, from Vallauris to Vauvenargues (at the foot of the Sainte-Victoire)and Cannes on the French Riviera which, back in 1923, he had contributed to transform into a fashionable tourist destination along with the American dandy couple Sara and Gerald Murphy (the very same couple who presumably inspired Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night). It is also the catalogue for an exhibition held in the London outpost of the Gagosian Gallery.
The book starts with a biographical essay by John Richardson, a brilliant complement to the already published three volumes of his monumental Picasso biography. Then come the numerous colour plates of the works in the exhibition (paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings), all of which do justice to the incredibly creative outburst experienced by Picasso during that period. A very interesting essay follows that tackles the artist's sculptures and ceramics and the way he revolutionized both arts.
The book ends with an account of the complicated relationship Picasso maintained with the "court-jester" laureate poet Jean Cocteau who, admittedly, was in love with the great master (a feeling obviously not reciprocated by the notoriously womanizing artist). All throughout the book many previously unpublished photographs of Picasso in his various Mediterranean surroundings add to the very high overall quality of this publication.
The book starts with a biographical essay by John Richardson, a brilliant complement to the already published three volumes of his monumental Picasso biography. Then come the numerous colour plates of the works in the exhibition (paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings), all of which do justice to the incredibly creative outburst experienced by Picasso during that period. A very interesting essay follows that tackles the artist's sculptures and ceramics and the way he revolutionized both arts.
The book ends with an account of the complicated relationship Picasso maintained with the "court-jester" laureate poet Jean Cocteau who, admittedly, was in love with the great master (a feeling obviously not reciprocated by the notoriously womanizing artist). All throughout the book many previously unpublished photographs of Picasso in his various Mediterranean surroundings add to the very high overall quality of this publication.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An absolute masterpiece by Picasso's main biographer, John Richardson, who was also the curator of the exhibition at the Gagosian gallery. Regardless of whether you saw the exhibition which I did twice, all Picasso's fans need to have this work in their collection.
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