Exhibition
Picasso Ceramics
1 Feb 2018 – 27 May 2018
Address
- 13 Gl Strandvej
- Humlebæk
Hovedstaden - 3050
- Denmark
One of the top exhibitions to see for 2018, according to the New York Times, this presentation of Picasso's original ceramics marks the beginning of Louisiana's 60th anniversary year.
About
With more than 160 pieces this is the first major exhibition in Scandinavia to focus on a late, fortunate and highly imaginative part of Picasso's work.
In the summer of 1946 Picasso sojourns at Golfe-Juan in the south of France and attends a ceramics exhibition in Vallauris, an area well known for its many ceramic workshops. This experience is a turning-point for Picasso, who throughout his life sought new artistic challenges in all possible kinds of materials. Picasso immediately starts experimenting with ceramic materials, oxides and glazes, and the ceramic processes and techniques – especially the unpredictable elements in the actual firing process, mainly because the colours are so difficult to control – clearly presents him with a rich and interesting new challenge.
In 1948 Picasso forms a steady engagement with the Madoura workshop and decideds to move permanently to the south of France. There – alongside his paintings, drawings, sculptures and graphic works – he produces about 4000 ceramic objects. Some involve the painting and reworking of plates, jugs and dishes that have already gone into production at the Madoura pottery, others are more sculptural figures – animals, fauns and female figures that grow out of Picasso’s imagination as the wet clay takes form.