by Vadehra Art Gallery Location: Vadehra Art Gallery
Date: 21 Feb - 26 Mar 2014
Vadehra Art Gallery presents Picasso & Dali: Etchings - Photographs - Drawings, an exhibition of works by the masters of European Modernism. The exhibition will be held at Vadehra Art Gallery from 21 February to 26 March 2014.
The exhibition consists of 14 works by Pablo Picasso that are executed in several styles ranging from neoclassical to cubist and reveal his versatility. These include his variations on works by masters before him, such as Trois Baigneuses III (Three Bathers III) that pays tribute to Paul Cezanne’s work by the same title; and humorous works such as Vieux peintre avec une adolescente (Older Painter and seated nude wearing a brassier). Another important work is Figures/Personnages, which marks the start of Picasso’s famous Blue Period.
The works by Salvador Dali seem to pay tribute to an important movement in Modern European theatre – Theatre of the Absurd. Theatre of the Absurd was closely associated to the other ‘isms’ that Dali was occupied with at the time – Surrealism, Dadaism and Existentialism. In the works that are part of this exhibition we see Dali’s muted and rather poignant take on it.
