https://youtu.be/jDczju0Bkj4 Imagine Picasso has the involvement of the Picasso family, features more than 200 of his works, and currently occupies three exhibition rooms inside San Francisco’s Armory building. #imaginepicasso
Room 1: Provides basic information about Picasso. Light goes through the transparent fabric and falls at an angle against the floor. Images and sounds overlap, black-and-white still and moving images of the artist are projected. Dramatic quotes about the importance of art and life and blood periodically flash in white text.
This room is lined on both sides with large text panels, but one side has identical panels to the other sides detailing Picasso’s life and the bodies of work he produced. They explain aspects of his work — like his use of surrealism, cubism and collage, his blue and rose periods, and background on his 1937 anti-war masterpiece “Guernica.” They also describe family crises and secret affairs.
At the end of the room, you will find a boxed area that includes video of Picasso painting in his studio.
Room 3: One long wall showing images of the over 200 paintings sourced for the display in room 2. Their titles, their dates and where they’re housed are all included.
Room 2: The main event. The projections spread across at least 20-foot-high walls, the wooden floor and numerous angular 3D shapes. The scene turns paintings into futuristic shards precisely rendered. It is a 30-minute main attraction Picasso’s works are projected continuously with a mostly instrumental soundtrack that changes with each projection series.
Have you been to, and do you like this kind of art representation and how do you compare seeing the immersive show to viewing the original art? If you have gone to this or another immersive exhibition, how do you compare this show with other similar exhibitions? Please leave comments or your personal experiences.
Index
0:00 Room 1
0:23 Picasso “Studio”
0:43 Text panels
1:10 Room 3
1:38 Room 2
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