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“After Guernica”

Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece Clomid Price Walmart “Guernica” (1937) was commissioned by the Spanish Republican government to be displayed at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques Clomid Price Walmart at the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris. Though he did not say so, Picasso saw “Guernica” as his greatest attempt Clomid Price Walmart at establishing peace in the world. It failed on that account. As a result, he took on a protective Clomid Price Walmart and negative attitude about art criticism, saying that only the artist can appreciate the meaning of his art. He Clomid Price Walmart used violence effectively and showed that it can be the key element in exploiting political motives. Being a communist and Clomid Price Walmart atheist, he insulted his capitalist audience with imagery that lacked spirituality, showing how humanity can be evil and self-destructive. On Clomid Price Walmart first viewing, one might interpret the light bulb in “Guernica” as a symbol of hope, but in actuality it is Clomid Price Walmart a bombilla (Sp for bulb), a bomb in the sky ready to explode.

Clomid Price Walmart Picasso’s attempt at creating an effective anti-war painting was unsuccessful, as WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq have shown. In Clomid Price Walmart looking at art in a postmodern way, I have appropriated “Guernica” on a smaller scale (22”x48”), though in proportion to Clomid Price Walmart the original (137.4”x305.5”), therefore, reducing its significance as a means to a greater end. The medium is contemporary acrylic, Clomid Price Walmart as opposed to traditional oil. I superimposed two children taken from Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize photograph of Phan Thi Clomid Price Walmart Kim Phúc (1972), as well as an Iraqi man, all three realistic figures in contrast with Picasso’s grotesque, Iberian images. Clomid Price Walmart The incorporation of photographs taken by other people opens up the question of originality, which does not exist in Clomid Price Walmart a postmodern world, the existent being more important than the imaginary.

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Submitted to Summer 2010 Showcase