-Picasso's contribution to the revitalization of modern sculpture cannot
be underestimated. His work of over fifty years is examined in seven
essays and illustrated by more than 50 exhibited works -First published
to accompany an exhibition in Rome, at Galleria Borghese that took place
in early 2019 In 1917 Pablo Picasso traveled to Rome and Naples with
Jean Cocteau and Igor Stravinskij. During this trip, for the first time,
he could admire directly Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, that of the
Renaissance and Baroque eras, but also the Roman frescoes of Pompei. The
first exhibition dedicated to Picasso's sculpture to be held in Rome,
and its accompanying catalogue, were conceived as a journey through the
centuries that chronologically follows the interpretation of forms and
different themes - stories and myths, bodies and figures, objects and
fragments - in sculpture. The exhibition of masterpieces of the great
Spanish master is accompanied by previously unpublished images of his
sculpture studios (by Edward Quinn) that narrate the context in which
these works were born. The catalogue includes essays that explore the
visual and conceptual dialogue between the works of Picasso and works of
the past, illustrating and examining over fifty works, some of which
have never been exhibited before.
