Picasso's Guernica. Since I was around 6 years old this picture has inspired me, My mum had a print of it and it completly captivated me. One day I'll have a huge print on a deep red painted wall in my dining room. Without knowing who painted it, what movemnt it came from or why, you instantly know it's about war, or rather- the ugliness of war. I think it is hands down one of my favorite paintings. I love cubism and surrealism mostly because for their time the movemts were so avant-guarde.
My current breif is 'Catastrophe' & I have chosen to explore the world's previous, present and possible future wars. This painting istantly came to mind. To start with I tore through newspaper after newspaper collecting articles about war, the "war on terror" , nuclear weapons and then I looked a bit closer at Guernica and realised that some parts of the prints are made of newspapaer or a newspaper print. Quick bit of research via google confirmed that few critics claim because Guernic represents the Spanish Civil war Piccaso kept up to date on events of his native country by reading the newspaper, I found this quite fitting for my project.
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