Dimensions: support: 1135 x 1617 mm frame: 1181 x 1663 x 62 mm
Copyright: © Succession Picasso/DACS 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is "Nude Woman with Necklace" by Pablo Picasso, currently housed at the Tate. It's… striking. The colors are so vibrant, almost jarring. I am curious, what is your take on this piece? Curator: Well, consider the context. Picasso’s nudes, particularly later in his career, often sparked debate. Was he empowering women or objectifying them? Look at the fractured perspective, the bold colors. How do you think those choices contribute to the dialogue surrounding female representation in art at the time? Editor: I see what you mean. It's definitely not a passive image, and the necklace feels almost defiant. Curator: Exactly. It challenges viewers. By understanding the social and political climate, we can unpack the complexities of Picasso’s artistic intentions and how the public might have reacted. Editor: This has given me a lot to think about, seeing it as more than just an image. Curator: Indeed. Art is always in conversation with its world.
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Throughout his life, Picasso reworked the theme of the female nude. In his eighties, he revised the traditional ideal of beauty with particular violence, subjecting the body to a repeated assault in paint. Here, a reclining female figure is presented as a raw, sexualised arrangement of orifices, breasts and cumbersome limbs. ‘It’s all there’, Picasso said, ‘I try to do a nude as it is.’ The face is that of his second wife, Jacqueline Roque. Gallery label, March 2009
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