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Go See – ‘PICASSO’S LATE SCULPTURE: WOMAN. The Collection in Context’ at Museo Picasso Málaga, through August 30, 200900

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009


Pablo Picasso’s Mujer (Woman) (1961), the focus of the new show at Museo Picasso.

The current exhibition at Museo Picasso features forty works by its namesake, alongside three Julio González sculptures and a découpage by Henri Matisse.  The show’s highlight is Picasso’s Woman, drawn from Christine Ruiz-Picasso’s collection.  The sheet-metal sculpture is presented together with Picasso’s early paper cut-outs, Cubist art, and the paintings and sculptures that characterize the artist’s later years.

Related links:
Picasso’s Late Sculpture: WOMAN. The Collection in Context. [Museo Picasso Málaga]
Museo Picasso Málaga
From paper cuts to crumpled metal [Financial Times]

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