I envy you for getting to merge with this painting; painful but oh-so-powerful. Thank you for sharing!! Picasso is one of those artists with whom I harbor deep conflict. Love his art, hate the man for his misogynistic behavior. A powerful artist, a monster of a human. Too many of that breed to name or even want to.
Massive mural, as if inescapable images of pain, dismemberment, horror. The non-colors of the gray scale, shapes that art has made lovely through the ages here distorted and fragmented in the horrible attack and explosions of one city that stands for all cities destroyed in all wars. And just to help us remember and internalize the pathos, see the disembodied faces of the man and woman appalled and wondering, how can that be done by humans to the defenseless people and animals we know, love and depend on? They remind us not to look away, to make that stay in our souls.
Pablo sits atop my creative Mt. Rushmore alongside Miles Davis, Charlie Chaplain and Bob Dylan. Been fortunate to see so much of his work, but am missing the ultimate Picasso experience-thanks for sharing yours....
We missed that particular museum when we were there, but you make me conceptualize guernica in a whole new way. If I ever get another chance to go, I will be compelled to look for it! Gracias, Bret! A beautifully written and timely piece.
That photo of the actual city could be Palestine.
A lot of days I wake up composing an op-ed that never gets past, “Dear Israel, Stop killing the children…”
Your piece is that op-ed complete.
So brilliantly stated. Thank you for this.
I envy you for getting to merge with this painting; painful but oh-so-powerful. Thank you for sharing!! Picasso is one of those artists with whom I harbor deep conflict. Love his art, hate the man for his misogynistic behavior. A powerful artist, a monster of a human. Too many of that breed to name or even want to.
Timeless.
Here's my take: https://richardwells.substack.com/p/without-category-b00
Massive mural, as if inescapable images of pain, dismemberment, horror. The non-colors of the gray scale, shapes that art has made lovely through the ages here distorted and fragmented in the horrible attack and explosions of one city that stands for all cities destroyed in all wars. And just to help us remember and internalize the pathos, see the disembodied faces of the man and woman appalled and wondering, how can that be done by humans to the defenseless people and animals we know, love and depend on? They remind us not to look away, to make that stay in our souls.
Pablo sits atop my creative Mt. Rushmore alongside Miles Davis, Charlie Chaplain and Bob Dylan. Been fortunate to see so much of his work, but am missing the ultimate Picasso experience-thanks for sharing yours....
We missed that particular museum when we were there, but you make me conceptualize guernica in a whole new way. If I ever get another chance to go, I will be compelled to look for it! Gracias, Bret! A beautifully written and timely piece.