Theatre Picasso

Rosalie Doubal, Natalia Sidlina, Wu Tsang, Enrique Fuenteblanca, Tate Modern

Rosalie Doubal, Natalia Sidlina, Wu Tsang, Enrique Fuenteblanca, Tate Modern

Tate Publishing

2025

1 volume (127 pages) ; illustrations en couleur et en noir

28 cm

anglais

Exposition, Londres, George Economou Gallery, Tate Modern, 2025-2026

978-1-84976-997-6, 1-84976-997-4

Marking the centenary of one of Pablo Picasso's most famous paintings, The Three Dancers, this exciting Theatre Picasso exhibition book brings to life the artist's performative persona and his interest in dance, music and theatre, alongside stunning reproductions of Picasso's works. Filmmaker and artist Wu Tsang, whose practice is concerned with the act of performing, hidden histories and marginalised figures, collaborates on the exhibition with the author and researcher Enrique Fuenteblanca to tell the story of Picasso 'the performer'. Along with other contributors, they cast light on his interest in dance, music and theatre, but also his highly performative persona as an artist, cultivating his own image and his contribution to the modernist cult of the individual artistic genius. The catalogue also explores his constant gaze towards popular, or 'folk' performance, such as the circus, the corrida, flamenco dancers, the 'othered' in society, and groups who use performance as an emancipatory tool. --Publisher's description

Ressources documentaires

Musée national Picasso-Paris