Spain, France gumboot off anniversary commemoration of Picasso

Spain, France gumboot off anniversary commemoration of Picasso

MADRID (AP) — Against the backdrop of Picasso´s iconic anti-war painting, "Guernica," the the arts ministers of France accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Spain gathered Monday inside Madrid's Reina Sofía Museum to gumboot off a year of commemorative acts to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the demise of the Spanish creator who revolutionized the world of art.

In "Picasso Celebration," France accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Spain will exist organizing additional than 40 exhibitions conferences accompanied by every one one other accompanied by other events inside museums inside Madrid, Paris, Barcelona, Málaga accompanied by every one one other accompanied by other cities inside Europe accompanied by every one one other accompanied by North America over the following 12 months.

Picasso was born October 25, 1881, inside Málaga accompanied by every one one other accompanied by died inside Mougins, France, on April 8, 1973.

"Our aim is to revindicate the inventive legacy of Picasso accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the relevance of his work," said Spanish Culture Minister Miquel Iceta.

"If there is one creator that defines the 20th century, who presents it inside all its cruelty, violence, passion, excesses accompanied by every one one other accompanied by contradictions, that creator is Pablo Picasso."

Although born inside Spain. Picasso spent most of his mature actuality inside France.

In a career spanning almost eight decades. he is said to have created tens of thousands of paintings, drawings, sculptures accompanied by every one one other accompanied by ceramics covering an incredible range of styles accompanied by every one one other accompanied by movements that made him maybe the most influential accompanied by every one one other accompanied by celebrated creator of the past 150 years.

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Together accompanied by creator Georges Braque, he started the avant-garde Cubist movement that radically changed European painting accompanied by every one one other accompanied by sculpture.

"The abundant, inventive accompanied by every one one other accompanied by regularly radical labour of Picasso continues to exert a genuine fascination all over the world," said French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak.

Picasso's reputation for having mistreated numerous of the women inside his actuality is not actuality ignored all over the anniversary accompanied by every one one other accompanied by will exist the theme of additional than one conference accompanied by every one one other accompanied by exhibition all over the year.

"We want to inside attendance Picasso while he was," said Iceta. "Celebrate his labour of way nevertheless not hide some of the aspects of his actuality that seen from today ability exist controversial."

Abdul Malak said there was no indeed indeed denying there was a a large amount of debate concerning how Picasso should exist perceived, specific inside his link accompanied by women accompanied by every one one other accompanied by his occasionally brutal the natural world nevertheless she said these topics needed to exist debated, not covered up.

The anniversary was launched inside front of "Guernica" — by a lengthy way Picasso's most famous painting. It was commissioned by the Republican management of Spain to symbolize the country at a Universal Exposition inside Paris inside 1937 when Spain was inside the throes of a bloody secular war started by future dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.

The black accompanied by every one one other accompanied by white canvas comprises tormented accompanied by every one one other accompanied by distorted figures — anthropoid accompanied by every one one other accompanied by creature — accompanied by every one one other accompanied by represents the horrors of mechanized war.

Spain, France gumboot off anniversary commemoration of Picasso