22 Oct Jeff Koons and Picasso to Show at Alhambra in Andalusia
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The exhibition is the first in Museo Picasso Málaga’s series ‘Reflections Picasso’, which shows works by Picasso and contemporary artists at iconic locations.
Alhambra. Courtesy Museo Picasso Málaga.
Works by Jeff Koons and Pablo Picasso will soon come together at the Alhambra fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrated for its Islamic architecture.
Opening on 17 December, Reflections. Picasso/Koons at the Alhambra will present two works by Pablo Picasso and three by Jeff Koons.
Jeff Koons, Three Graces (2016–2022). Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent colour coating. 264.2 x 120.6 x 80.9 cm. © Jeff Koons.
Koons’ mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture Three Graces (2016–2022) will be displayed in the courtyard of the Palace of Charles V, while Picasso’s oil and charcoal on canvas work The Three Graces (1923) will appear in the Palace’s Museum of Fine Arts.
Picasso’s plaster sculpture Head of a Warrior (1933) and two works from Koons’ ‘Gazing Ball’ series—plaster sculptures augmented with intensely blue glass orbs—will also be displayed in the Museum.
Pablo Picasso, The Three Graces (1923). Oil and charcoal on canvas. 200 x 150 cm. Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Madrid. © Faba photo / Marc Domage.
Miguel López-Remiro, Artistic Director of Museo Picasso Málaga, said, ‘The museum of the 21st century presents itself as an amplified space where art transcends boundaries and engages in dialogue with multiple contexts—a museum envisioned as a public square, a meeting point, and a place of future exploration.’
‘The “Reflections Picasso” project is embedded in this vision, seeking to intermittently expand the presence of the Picasso Museum Málaga in collaboration with iconic Andalusian spaces, creating new opportunities to deepen the understanding of Picasso’s work,’ he said. —[O]
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