Many years ago my aunt and uncle and cousin we’re on vacation. One day at the beach they spotted Picasso. They sent my cousin over to him with a napkin and a felt pen of some sort, hoping to get an autograph. Picasso took the napkin and blew his nose. He then spent the next half hour drawing all over my cousin. My aunt had the good sense to take photos.
Art doesn’t reach inside us; it elicits what’s in our hearts. “Guernica” brings the horror out of us; Snoopy dancing brings out our joy. We are all vulnerable to art, each in his/her own way.
The problem with this is that it’s one-sided. It is good to point out evil; it is better to point out what’s good. We need not just a vision of what’s wrong, of what shouldn’t be, but a vision of what’s right, of what should be. That is much harder—a task for true genius.
I confess to being lazy fan of the arts, passively demanding that an art piece reach out and smack me in the eyeballs. Most abstract art is…work, but “Guernica” has for decades haunted my memory.
DangerBunny over 5 years ago
Saw this and his studies for it at the MOMA in ’78. Truly great work. His machine killed fascists as well.
Willywise52 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Powerful!
SmashedHat over 5 years ago
Wow!
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 5 years ago
Title this “A cubist, cubed”.
Teto85 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Many years ago my aunt and uncle and cousin we’re on vacation. One day at the beach they spotted Picasso. They sent my cousin over to him with a napkin and a felt pen of some sort, hoping to get an autograph. Picasso took the napkin and blew his nose. He then spent the next half hour drawing all over my cousin. My aunt had the good sense to take photos.
sperry532 over 5 years ago
It is the business of art to be dangerous and the business of the artist to speak his/her truth. Art. Is. Dangerous.
Kind&Kinder over 5 years ago
Art doesn’t reach inside us; it elicits what’s in our hearts. “Guernica” brings the horror out of us; Snoopy dancing brings out our joy. We are all vulnerable to art, each in his/her own way.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
The tide of autocracy and suppression or those longing for central control in Hungary, Brazil, Greece etc.
StephenRice over 5 years ago
The problem with this is that it’s one-sided. It is good to point out evil; it is better to point out what’s good. We need not just a vision of what’s wrong, of what shouldn’t be, but a vision of what’s right, of what should be. That is much harder—a task for true genius.
bscruffy over 5 years ago
I confess to being lazy fan of the arts, passively demanding that an art piece reach out and smack me in the eyeballs. Most abstract art is…work, but “Guernica” has for decades haunted my memory.