A MAJOR EXHIBITION BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 150 WORKS BY PICASSO FROM ACROSS THE WORLD WILL BE PRESENTED AT TATE LIVERPOOL FROM 21.MAY THROUGH 30.AUGUST. 'PICASSO:PEACE AND FREEDOM' WILL REVEAL A FASCINATING NEW INSIGHT INTO THE ARTIST'S LIFE AS A TIRELESS POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND CAMPAIGNER FOR PEACE, CHALLENGING THE WIDELY-HELD VIEW OF THE ARTIST AS CREATIVE GENIUS, PLAYBOY AND COMPULSIVE EXTROVERT. THIS IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO EXPLORE THE POST-WAR PERIOD OF THE ARTIST'S LIFE IN DEPTH, AND WILL REFLECT A NEW PICASSO FOR A NEW TIME. TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, THE EXHIBITION PROVIDES A TIMELY LOOK AT PICASSO'S WORK IN THE COLD WAR ERA AND HOW THE ARTIST TRANSCENDED THE IDEOLOGICAL AND AESTHETIC OPPOSITIONS OF EAST AND WEST. THE EXHIBITION WILL BRING TOGETHER KEY PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS RELATED TO WAR AND PEACE FROM 1944-1973, ALONGSIDE A WIDE RANGE OF CONTEXTUAL MATERIALS AND EPHEMERA. THE CENTERPIECE WILL BE THE ARTIST'S MASTERPIECE, THE CHARNEL HOUSE, MARKING 50 YEARS SINCE IT WAS LAST SEEN IN THE UK. THE REMARKABLE WORK WAS PICASSO'S MOST EXPLICITLY POLITICAL PAINTING SINCE GUERNICA. PICASSO'S DOVE OF PEACE BECAME THE EMBLEM FOR THE PEACE MOVEMENT AND UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF HOPE DURING THE COLD WAR. PICASSO'S LITHOGRAPH OF THE FAN-TAILED PIGEON, GIVEN TO HIM BY MATISSE IN 1948, WA SELECTED FOR THE POSTER FOR THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONGRESS HELD IN PARIS IN 1949. PICASSO LATER PROVIDED VARIATIONS ON THE DOVE FOR THE PEACE CONGRESSES IN STOCKHOLM, SHEFFIELD, VIENNA, ROME, AND MOSCOW. THE DOVE ALSO HAD A HIGHLY PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR PICASSO GOING BACK TO CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF HIS FATHER PAINTING DOVES KEPT IN THE FAMILY HOME. IN 1949 PICASSO NAMED HIS DAUGHTER 'PALOMA', SPANISH FOR DOVE, BORN IN THE SAME MONTH AS THE PEACE CONGRESS IN PARIS.
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