Pablo piccaso

Pablo Picasso - what a name! Living proof that little people can grow to a colossus - Picasso - Full of energy, fun and play - I think he would like this pun, "He was rather short when he was alive and shrunk considerably after he died." We laugh at death in order not to cry.

Very funny, yet undeniably serious, Picasso left us to ponder the worlds of comedy and tragedy in his work. A phenomenon, a genius, Picasso, leaving the world thousands upon thousands of original testimonials, recording his human experience: paintings, drawings, etchings, sculpture, design, ceramics, tapestries and prints. His production will exert its influence upon artists for thousands of years to come. Has there ever been another artist more controversial? Can't think of one.

Like an atomic bomb, Picasso exploded upon the world - he once said that 'art had more power than an atomic bomb,' and he was right. The after shock of art goes on for a long time - 500 years is nothing for a good work of art - Leonardo da Vinci proved that, and he didn't come close to the production of Picasso.

The year 1900 was a turning point in the social history of mankind and Picasso slotted into that period very well. As a young man he was in the righ

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Picasso's women were highly individual, far outside the comprehension of the common Middle Class American woman that the film was directed to impact. A lesson that is presented, taught and retaught in museums around the world. By then intellectuals around the world were asking, "What will Picasso do next?" The answer, of course was, 'whatever he found necessary to survive. As opposed to the corporate approach from which the end result is not the same at all. ' It's total non-sense! I mean, Picasso wasn't just one of the guys living out in the suburbs, you know.

Picasso relied upon his highly developed intuition when making art.

Some have said film is the number one art form of the Twentieth Century - that's nonsense! Creative art is not now or ever going to be a corporate process - that's the realm of the 'spectacular,' the 'extravaganza,' 'Disney World,' 'Money Machines,' and the like - not art.

His work was part of the necessary preparation needed to change our frame of mind, making the transition from Twentieth Century Man to Twenty First Century Man possible. Not to be defeated when the Nazi's occupied Paris during WW-II, Picasso was selling his art to Hitler's officers. ' One could say he was, 'politically eclectic,' then laugh at that joke!

That was also the case with his relationships between himself, his art and women - which happened to be central to his inspiration, a vital part of his creative process. A similar incidence occurred when Communism was popular in France - Picasso joined the communist party and sold his work to Russia. And that's a shame, because to understand that delicate psychological mix, is vital toward discovering what the creative process is all about.

In a recent film titled simply, "Surviving Picasso," Anthony Hopkins does an interesting portrayal of the artist but the film, designed to play to the Middle Class female point of view, is totally misleading.

The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhbvala is erratic and indecisive and the part of Francoise Gilot makes her seem heroic - the innocent, tormented and neglected wife whose husband is just a fat-head who's 'fooling around.

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