In the history of art, Picasso's achievements are unparalleled in the world,
But if I had to find a word to describe the great artist Picasso in addition to my artistic achievements, the first word that came to my mind was that no one is perfect.
To put it bluntly,
Yes, a friend who knows Picasso's love history will definitely get to my point in a moment.
Picasso, a man who was elected in 1999 with a high vote of 40% of the top ten great painters of the 20th century, could not change his amorous and abusive scumbag nature.
Therefore, in addition to the legendary artistic career that makes people talk about it, his love history has also made him synonymous with love in art history.
How to understand the life of this scumbag artist and his art? So today, I recommend two films about Picasso to you, and after watching it, maybe you will have more gains.
01
Unsympathetic Picasso
The film simply sums it up – the story of a great artist and several women.
In Picasso's mind, the first is art, the second is himself, and the third is the value available to women. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of women who worship him and obey him, and even in old age, he is still a lover and cheats continuously.
"In my heart, no one will occupy a really important position, to me, women are like dust particles floating in the sun, just a wave of the broom, they have to fly out of the door." 」
You see, what is this saying! My keyboard is almost out of place!
Let's see how Picasso wooed his sister.
"Oh, so you're a painter, and so am I. Come and see my studio, I want to show you my work. You look familiar, and I painted your face before you were born. No way? Hasn't anyone recognized you on the street as the girl in Picasso's work? ”
A passage of words, narrowing the distance, creating the opportunity to meet, praising the other party, and raising himself by the way, is a veteran of the love field when he hears it. Is there a proper teaching of "sister-in-law skills"?
The stills mimic real photographs of Picasso and Francis
Compared with the previous hot "Satoshi Oil Cake", I think the reason why he has been able to successfully attract so many girls lies in his artist's identity advantage and depth of thought.
Like the heroine of the film, Francis, when talking about Picasso, she said: "It is clear that his emotional way is as unusual as his artwork, perfectly avoiding all normal patterns." ”
For literary films, such a Picasso image is "non-mainstream": mercurial, frivolous, grumpy, obedient, selfish, stingy and even hypocritical. The film's portrayal of Picasso's negative personality is almost incomprehensible, and this creative idea is somewhat difficult to accept at first.
But for Picasso, the ups and downs of his feelings have influenced the transformation of his artistic style, and can even reflect his emotional experience of a woman. He revels in the fantasy world of the self, disdains the world but is obsessed with the world.
In addition, before opening this film, we should make it clear that director Ivori's original intention in shooting this film was not to deliberately belittle the master of the art, while showing the love life, the film also reflected Picasso's inner bitterness, loneliness and sadness.
Picasso's Dream
02
Picasso's Secret
If the above "Forgetting Love Picasso" is all about vulgar gossip, then this "Picasso's Secret" is really presenting what he regards as the most important thing in life - art.
The great director Henry Giorgio Cruzot, known for his crime films, had the rare approval of Picasso to enter his studio in Cannes to film the painting process of the great man of the century.
So, in this film, which is regarded as a national treasure by France, you will see that under the suspenseful lens and tone, the 75-year-old Picasso is particularly unremarkable in his studio in Cannes, wearing shorts and creating on a transparent board.
The suspense and "secret" in the film lies in Picasso's ever-changing creative process, which is gripping and instantly closes the distance between the audience and the painting master.
French film theorist André Bazin said that from this film, he saw the characteristics of film art itself, and only with this kind of shooting method could it intercept and show the flow of time in an instant.
You may wonder – why would Picasso, a great artist known, recommend these two films with very different styles? Why recommend the first film that almost overturned Picasso's image?
Forget which great man once said that the origin of life is pain (you can say that I can say it, just make up the face), every artist is using color and picture to express emotions, and all their sorrows and joys are in the works.
But as we mentioned at the very beginning, people are not sages, imperfection is a trait that everyone has, and flaws are true.
Perhaps it is because of the madness and indiscriminateness that art was born that a genius like Picasso was born.
Maybe he was originally great in your mind, like an idol, like a myth, but that's too far away. The charm of the artist is not that he is high in the hall waiting to be admired, but that you can find a way, and he can also find a way, the same situation, empathy.