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history of art through Cubism, abstraction, primitivism, and
WORLD-CLASS ART fertilization in Picasso’s oeuvre. Although it was his least
the found object, showing the evident cross-disciplinary

known production at the time of its execution, numerous
photographs of Picasso’s studios and residences testify
to the constant presence of sculpture in his most intimate
PICASSO SCULPTOR:
MATTER AND BODY surroundings. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents
Picasso Sculptor. Matter and Body, an exhibition centered
Exhibitions: Picasso Sculptor. Matter and Body, September 29, on matter and the human figure that brings together
2023, to January 14, 2024. Curator: Carmen Giménez, with the more than 50 sculptures created between 1909 and
participation of Lucía Agirre. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. 1962 and covers the full range of styles used by Pablo
Picasso throughout his career to represent the forms of
the human body. Testing the limits between sculpture and
THE EXHIBITION AND THE ACCOMPANYING EDUCATIONAL AND painting, and those between project and finished work, this
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANIZED WITH THE SUPPORT OF journey through nearly sixty years of Picasso’s sculptures
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH constitutes a historical survey of Cubism, abstraction,
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF PABLO PICASSO AS PART OF primitivism, and the found object. The exhibition also
THE PICASSO CELEBRATION 1973–2023, WITH TELEFÓNICA AS showcases some of Picasso’s most innovative techniques,
THE CORPORATE PARTNER COMPANY IN SPAIN. such as assemblage, welding, and plaster casting, as well
Picasso created sculptures throughout nearly his entire as his use of unconventional materials, such as wood,
artistic career with the freedom of a self-taught artist metal, clay, and ceramics. The exhibition aims to reveal the
prepared to break all the rules. This survey of nearly sixty diversity and richness of Picasso’s sculptural work and to
years of sculptural work is a unique approach to the highlight its profound impact on modern art.

Pablo Picasso. Figure: Project for a Monument to Guillaume Apollinaire, 1928, Iron Pablo Picasso. Head of a Woman, Mougins, late 1962, Cut, folded, and polychromed
wire and sheet metal 59.5 × 13 × 32 cm. Musée national Picasso-Paris. Dation sheet metal and iron wire, 32 × 24 × 16 cm. Musée national Picasso-Paris. Dation
Pablo Picasso, 1979. MP265. © Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2023. Pablo Picasso, 1979. © Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2023. Photo © RMN-
Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso-Paris) /Adrien Didierjean. Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso-Paris) /Adrien Didierjean/Mathieu Rabeau.

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