Imagine Picasso
By (Author) Androula Michael
Editions Skira Paris
Editions Skira Paris
16th August 2022
7th April 2022
France
General
Non Fiction
History of art
759.4
Paperback
64
Width 230mm, Height 270mm
360g
The immersive exhibition Imagine Picasso makes it possible to discover Pablo Picasso's work from new, innovative angles. Each visitor is invited to wander through a mosaic of emblematic paintings, removed from their frames and projected on a huge origami-like forms. Penetrating the mesmerizing world of unusual compositions of large-scale artworks gives the opportunity to explore the richness of details of Picasso's art.
The album offers the possibility to relive the immersive experience through multiple photos from the exhibition. They are accompanied by texts by Androula Michael which provide clear descriptions of different Picasso's periods and of subjects that were dear to him. The reader can discover Picasso's art from the early years, through blue and pink period, cubism, "neoclassical" period, surrealism, up to his final years. Les demoiselles d'Avignon, Portrait of Dora Maar, Guernica and many more are to be explored in this book that offers a new way of looking at the work of this genius of modern art.
Androula Michael is an art historian, author of numerous books and publications on Pablo Picasso. She teaches contemporary art history at the University of Picardie - Jules Verne, France.