Pablo's back in town...
In 1932 the Kunsthaus in Zurich mounted Picasso's first museum exhibition. Now they've recreated it. You can find out more on the website
http://www.kunsthaus.ch/picasso/
I haven't been to see it yet - the crowds have been overwhelming at the normally sedate and peaceful Kunsthaus. Shows how the big names are still a draw. I'm a bit ambivalent about this phenomenon. Other artists often remain unjustly overshadowed.
The town is also awash with Pablo-mania. Bookshops and art shops are making the most of it. As usual with these exhibitions the choice of expo poster to advertise it gradually becomes an icon in our daily life as we encounter it everywhere in different guises. For this show it is this photograph, which I've already shown in another post. I like it because it is so contrary to our normal image of PIcasso. He reminds me of the hitman from "No Country for Old Men".
Thanks for all the recent comments. PIcasso was certainly a "work of art", if for nothing else the force of personality that bursts from all the many photos available. I don't think that always manifested itself in a pleasant way, but I'm sure that if he was a dinner guest then there wouldn't be much competition for the centre of attention...
I never saw a photo with any "hair" before though...