EXHIBITION:
Pablo Picasso - Material and Body

' Between 9 May and 10 September 2023 the MPM is presenting the exhibition Picasso: matter and body, which will subsequently be shown at the Museo Guggenheim in Bilbao. As an artistic resource and the ultimate aim of representation, the body is the focus of the first major exhibition on Picasso’s sculpture to be held in Spain. Devised by Carmen Giménez, the first director of the Museo Picasso Málaga, this selection of sculptures offers a survey of the range of styles which Picasso employed to expand the forms of the human body, expressed through a variety of formats and genres and in almost every possible material: wood, iron, plaster, cement, steel, bronze and steel are all present in the artist’s sculptural output.

For Picasso, sculpture was certainly not a secondary artistic discipline and he rather conceived it as a form of expression comparable to painting, drawing, printmaking and ceramics given that, as he himself said, no art form is more important than another. These languages and materials allowed him to express different facets of his creativity. Although this aspect of his work became more evident and prolific during his Cubist phase, Picasso produced sculptures from almost the start of his lengthy career and continued to do so throughout his life. Carmen Giménez is a Spanish museum and exhibitions curator who has been an adviser to the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. She has organised a large number of international exhibitions. 

The Museo Picasso Málaga commemorates “Picasso Celebration 1973-2023”, an exceptionally significant international event that marks the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death, and Museo Picasso Málaga’s 20th anniversary. With the support of prestigious cultural institutions in Europe and the United States, the international “Picasso Celebration 1973-2023” will be structured around approximately 50 exhibitions and events that together offer an art-historical analysis of Pablo Picasso’s work.

With this aim in mind, the French and Spanish governments are jointly working on a programe of international scope through a bilateral committee that brings together the two countries’ governmental and diplomatic services. The Musée National Picasso-Paris and the Spanish National Committee for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso are delighted to support this exceptional programme, which benefits from the participation of Telefónica as corporate sponsor of the Spanish programme.Telefónica, a multi-national telecommunications company and world leader in the supply of technological, digital and communication solutions and services, will be present in all the events organised to celebrate the work of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso on the 50th anniversary of his death. Through this initiative Telefónica’s aim is to participate in the dissemination of the work of this great Malaga-born artist, universally acknowledged as one of the most prolific painters of all times, helping to make his art more accessible to the widest possible public. '

Credits:  https://www.museopicassomalaga.org/en/temporary-exhibitions/picasso-materia-y-cuerpo-eng