Picasso Picabia
Subtitle: la peinture au défi
By: sous la direction d'Aurélie Verdier
Contributors: Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953; Musée Granet; Fundación Mapfre
Publisher: Somogy, éditions d'art
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9782757214138
Subjects: Exhibitions; Comparative Art
Description: This exhibition is part of the "Picasso Mediterranean 2017-2019" season launched by the Musée National Picasso, Paris. An unprecedented opportunity to compare and contrast works by two of the greatest names in modern art, founders of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century, it features key works from the museum's collections. This highly original show will also feature many exceptional loans from private owners and leading French and international museums and galleries in France. Organised chronologically and by theme, this exhibition compares masterpieces by an unexpected artistic tandem - "friendly enemies" who, despite their irreconcilable differences, shared an intriguing kinship apparent from the start of their careers. Spanning the decades from the early 20th century to 1973 - the year of Picasso's death - it explores the most outstanding experiments in modern art, from the original Cubism and its successors to the Dada mechanical aesthetic, from Ingres-inspired Classicism to "monster" surrealism, from representational painting to the portrait, and from the use of photography to the return to abstraction at the end of Picabia's life.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9-September 23, 2018, and at the fundación MPFRE, Barcelona, Spain, October 12, 2018-January 13, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-269).