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Cubism: artistic cop-out or innovative expression?
| June 13, 2012 | Posted by Alaa Jasim under culture |
We all know the name Picasso. He’s considered revolutionary among artists, perhaps even iconic. Personally, I think Picasso is brilliant. He completely changed the way we look at colour, at expression and the way we use media to create art. Picasso is known best for his crazy cubist creations, but where did cubism come from? What is it? Why did it come about? People often see a lack of skill when they look at Picasso’s work, just a series of lines - let’s have a look at that Singer-Sargeant painting over there sort of mess - but the move toward cubism, toward this weird conglomeration of lines was incredibly careful and purposeful. One of the most iconic paintings of all time, Guernica, is cubist and it… more
