Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, París
© Sucesión Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2023.
Pending
The Centre Pompidou (Paris) opens Picasso. Drawing to infinity, the penultimate of the twelve exhibitions programmed in France.
Curated by Anne Lemonnier and Johan Popelard, the exhibition highlights the most prolific part of Picasso's creation through almost a thousand works, including notebooks, drawings and engravings, mostly from the collection of the Musée national Picasso-Paris. The exhibition will be open to the public from October 18 to January 15, 2024.
From his early studies to his final creations, drawing was a continuous space of invention for Picasso. The artist explored the power of the stroke, from meandering lines to lined drawings and prolific compositions, and played with the tonalities of pastels and the blacks of ink.
This tour through the graphic work, displayed as if it were the artist's private diary, immerses the viewer in the core of Picasso's creative process. The exhibition displays part of the extraordinary collection of the Musée national Picasso-Paris, which originated in the artist's own studios and was preserved by him until his death.
Picasso. Drawing to infinity does not follow a chronological sequence, allowing instead for vivid connections between different periods and presenting previously unpublished drawings alongside iconic masterpieces. In this way, through an open layout, the exhibition succeeds in allowing themes to follow one another as questions are raised about representation, line, the role of drawing in the artist's work, and the role of drawing in the artist's work.