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Picasso the Sculptor Preview Clip

This film records the comprehensive exhibition of Picasso's sculptures at the Tate Gallery, London, works rarely seen together, from all periods and in a variety of materials and styles: figurative heads and figures in bronze; sheet metal, wire and tube constructions; a series of massive modeled heads from the 1930s; the witty assemblages of found materials (the Bull's Head, the Baboon); ceramic sculptures of the late 1940s and 1950s; and the 'folded' works of the 1960s, in which sheet metal is used as paper. The commentary, accompanied by photographs of Picasso at work, describes the various influences - African art, Cubism and Mediterranean fables. The film, above all, is a celebration of Picasso's unique ability to transform ordinary materials, even household objects, into poetic statements.

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Tags:. .series. .found. .arts. .art. .celebration











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