Mystery Solved

Pablo Picasso 1962 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I must say that this article is a year late, and even more than a year actually. But the insight to the creativity - or rather - method, of the artist, is known only just now, after decades. His style? Maybe. And maybe just one of his many styles. Whatever, let this be a new discovery - for the good.
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Prints offer insight into Picasso’s creative process


SINGAPORE – We tend to think of Pablo Picasso as a painter. The Singapore Tyler Print Institute’s latest show hopes to expand that.

Coming from archives of his son, Claude, the works have never been exhibited in Asia before and each series of prints offers some insight into Picasso’s creative process. In The Bull, he successively re-worked an image of a bull, starting from a fairly naturalistic treatment and gradually reducing it to a collection of sinuous lines. Two Nude Women, on the other hand, also begins naturalistically, but presents a more additive take on the process of abstraction. If anything, for those less familiar with abstract art, it’s an eye-opening look at how artists can abstract their subject.

The photographs of David Douglas Duncan, a close friend of Picasso’s, continue the overall theme of finding different perspectives of the artist and offer us a candid look at the man behind the art.

It’s not unusual for an aura of mystery to build up around a figure as significant as him. But in a welcome breath of fresh air, this show offers us a rare look behind the scenes, at intriguing, intimate, and engaging perspective on the life and work of Pablo Picasso.

BRUCE QUEK



Taken from TODAY Saturday Edition, June 29, 2013