Calder-Picasso

Two masters in dialogue

Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) renewed the way we look at art. By exploring gurative as well as abstract themes, the catalogue Calder-Picasso will study the use of "empty space" in the artworks of these two artists, in their similarities and differences.
The subject of the exhibition is based on the tangible traces of a relationship between the two men, their points in common, their encounters, their artistic collaborations and the confrontation of their works. These elements will carry the exhibition, which will propose a synthetic and metaphorical interpretation of the work of the two artists, based on their use of the "void" as a matrix.
In line with the modernity of the 20th century, Calder and Picasso place at the heart of their practice the direct
and personal experience of the spectator, by giving them access to obscure or even illusory perspectives. The exhibition will gather around 150 artworks from both artists, following a thematic thread using the confrontation with the void as a prism to analyse the conceptual and formal tensions upon which lie the creations of these two major artists of the 20th century. Furthermore, the catalogue will gather many essential and new contributions on the topic by respected specialists.

356 pages / 300 illustrations

Exhibition at the Musée national Picasso-Paris, from February 19 to August 25, 2019 and at the Museo Picasso Málaga from September 2019.