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1 Picasso makes an exhibition
of himself at Tate Liverpool
His stylised dove, based on a fan-tail pigeon given to him by his friend Henri Matisse, is one of the most evocative symbols ever produced. Now a new
exhibition, Picasso: Peace and Freedom reveals the
artist through 150 paintings and ephemera as a tireless political activist and campaigner. On view at Tate Liverpool (21 May-30 Aug), this is the first exhibition to explore Picasso’s life between
A special two-year long exhibition, much from the Tate’s collections, is shown in the DLA Piper
Series: This is Sculpture
until 11 April 2011. We’ve chosen just four of the many gems on
1944 and his death in 1973, including the Cold War period with his very particular interpretation of East versus West. Already one of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th century, he became increasingly interested in politics, joining the Communist party in 1944. The Dove of Peace – emblem of the Peace
Movement – had a special meaning for Picasso. His
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS AT TATE LIVERPOOL
view to whet your appetite for a visit to this prestigious branch of the Tate trio. Dame
Barbara Hepworth’s
Corinthos (left)
(1954-5) is like a giant conker of rich brown Guarea wood. Its signature
hole is painted in matt white. In complete contrast, Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte has chosen Napoleon’s death mask as a subject, but painted it sky blue with his trademark white
fluffy clouds and calling it The
Future of Statues (above left)
(1937). Master of the elongated female,
Modigliani’s Head
(left) (circa 1911-12) is a long-necked form in limestone, seen in profile and showing an
African influence. But there’s nothing but fun
in surrealist Salvador Dalí’s
piece called Lobster Telephone
(below). Probably the most copied, a red lobster forms the receiver of an old-fashioned phone. In
plastic, painted plaster and mixed media, it’s so mad you want it!
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father kept doves and he named his daughter Paloma – Spanish for dove – because she was born in the same month as the Peace Conference in Paris. Centrepiece of this exhibition will be The Charnel
House (1944-5), not seen in the UK for 50 years and his most explicitly political work since Guernica. Here
too is The Rape of the Sabine Women (after David) (above) and Monument to the Spaniards who Died for
France. Many of the post-war paintings are quietly
menacing like Still Life with Guitar, Still Life with Skull, Leeks and Pitcher and Goat’s Skull, Bottle and Candle.
It’s all a long way from his strange women
“goddesses or doormats” and attenuated figures, but shows how much this charismatic artist’s originality still influences artists today. To book
tel: (0151) 702 7400;
www.tate.org.uk/liverpool.
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