surroundings of the city. With two floors, this gallery situated around a beautiful marble courtyard tells the story of Picasso’s career, while occasionally refreshing and thereby revising its permanent collection. The Museo Picasso Málaga there- by traces the footsteps of Picasso himself, who innovated his art con- stantly throughout his life. The nar- rative of the exhibition at the Pala- cio de Buenavista enables visitors to gain a deeper insight into his artis- tic career by grouping the works in such a way that it helps us under- stand his artistic processes. It isn’t just the longevity of his career (more than 70 years) that amazes, but also the range and diver- sity of painting styles he employed (many of which he invented) and the seemingly unlimited materials that he transformed into art. The highlight of the current selection of works on display is a 1958 tapestry depicting his revolutionary paint- ing Les Demoiselles d'Avignon [The Young Ladies of Avignon], which he was gifted by a lady called Jacque- line [master weaver Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach]. Only one such tapestry was ever made and Picasso kept it until the end of his life, hang- ing it above the fireplace in his villa in the south of France. He insisted that it was more beautiful than his original painting. Although he is best known as a painter, Picasso was also one of the 20 th century’s greatest sculptors, as evidenced by the exhibition “Pi- casso Sculptor. Matter and Body”, which opened at the museum in May. Surprisingly, this is the first major exhibition in Spain to focus on his sculptures. The works selected aim to highlight the central role played by the human body in his works, tak- en both as a whole and as a frag- ment, but Picasso’s sculptures are also significant due to their innova- tive qualities and the use of unortho- dox techniques and materials. There are painted tiles, sculptures made from pieces of scrap metal skilfully folded to form evocative figures, ce- ramic plates turned into bullrings... This is a truly enchanting display that
lekciju. Tako „Museo Picasso Mála- ga“ na neki način ide stopama sa- mog Pikasa, koji je tokom života neprestano inovirao svoju umet- nost. Narativ izložbe u „Palacio de Buenavista“ omogucava posetioci- ma da steknu dublje znanje o nje- govoj umetničkoj karijeri grupisa- njem dela na način koji nam pomaže da razumemo umetničke procese. Ono što zadivljuje nije samo trajanje (više od 70 godina) vec ras- pon i raznolikost stilova slikanja (od kojih je mnoge izmislio) i na- izgled bezgraničnih materijala ko- je je transformisao u umetnost. Vr- hunac trenutnog izbora radova je i tapiserija iz 1958. na kojoj je prika- zana njegova revolucionarna slika „Gospođice iz Avinjona“ koju mu je poklonila jedna Žaklin. Samo jed- na takva tapiserija je ikada naprav- ljena, a Pikaso ju je čuvao do kraja života, okačivši je iznad kamina u svojoj vili na jugu Francuske. Go- vorio je da je lepša od njegove slike. Iako najpoznatiji kao slikar, Pi- kaso je bio i jedan od najvecih va- jara dvadesetog veka, o čemu sve- doči postavka otvorena u maju u Muzeju – „Pikaso vajar: materija i telo“. Ovo je, iznenađujuce, prva velika izložba u Španiji koja se fo- kusira na njegove skulpture. Oda- bir dela ima za cilj da podvuče cen- tralnu ulogu koju igra ljudsko telo, uzeto i kao celina i kao fragment, ali Pikasove skulpture su značajne i po svojoj inovativnosti i upotrebi neortodoksnih tehnika i materija- la. Tu su farbani crepovi, skulpture napravljene od delova starog me- tala vešto presavijenog u zadivlju-
nating beginnings of this genius at Casa Natal, then just a few streets away, at the Picasso Museum, we saw his 70 years of incredibly fruit- ful creativity. The queue in front of the museum demonstrates just how right Picasso was in wanting to have his own museum in his hometown. That wish was realised for him by his grandson Bernard, son of Pao- lo, who says that his parents tried to realise Picasso’s wish back in the 1950s, but that it ultimately took 50 years for that dream to become a reality. Picasso’s daughter-in-law donated part of her own collection to establish the new museum in the city, while her son Bernard helped significantly with his own donation. The Picasso Museum, Museo Picasso Málaga, opened in 2003 and helped turn the city into a top cultural des- tination, and not just in Spain. The building that houses the mu- seum was once the palatial home of a 16 th century nobleman, which was expanded adeptly by New York ar- chitect Richard Gluckman to ensure it blends seamlessly into the white
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