'Genius: Picasso' Review: Great Art and Mistresses Galore - WSJ
Pablo Picasso left behind 50,000 works of art—more than any other artist in history. Not all of them are masterpieces. But the best of them changed the trajectory of human expression. That is not greatness. That is genius. genius picasso
Love him or hate him, you cannot separate the Guernica from the man. In 1937, when the horror of the Spanish Civil War arrived, Picasso’s monstrous energy found its moral center. Guernica is a 25-foot-wide cry of rage. The horse screams, the bull stares, the mother wails over her dead child. It is Cubism weaponized. It is the greatest anti-war painting in history because it refuses to be beautiful. It forces you to witness the fragmentation of the human soul. 'Genius: Picasso' Review: Great Art and Mistresses Galore
Was Picasso a genius? Yes, but not because he was perfect. He was a genius because he was generative . He understood that art is not a destination but a constant process of destruction and renewal. He showed us that to see clearly, we must first be willing to break the lens. That is not greatness
