tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post3835306826036483990..comments2023-12-22T02:32:38.702+00:00Comments on Archives and Auteurs: Picasso, Malaga and GuernicaKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183395919767332073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-32599421090294710722009-06-24T15:56:22.545+01:002009-06-24T15:56:22.545+01:00That sounds like a really interesting book, thanks...That sounds like a really interesting book, thanks. I saw a film a while ago 'Paris was a Woman' which featured Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas and I have been meaning to read more about them and about that period of Parisian life for a while. Another book to place on my Amazon shopping list!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183395919767332073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-31307843379819817902009-06-24T14:09:03.367+01:002009-06-24T14:09:03.367+01:00Spain's cultural diversity is incredible. One...Spain's cultural diversity is incredible. One section differs considerably from that of other parts---a truism in every country, but especially so there.<br /><br />I first learned about Picasso by way of Gertrude Stein, whose <i>Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas</i> features him prominently.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-28708196498877722142009-06-17T14:36:01.564+01:002009-06-17T14:36:01.564+01:00Thanks Jess. I just looked back through Russell M...Thanks Jess. I just looked back through Russell Martin's book and it talks about the showing of Guernica at the Whitechapel Gallery. It says visitors were only admitted to the show if they brought with them a wearable pair of boots to be donated to the poor and badly equipped Republican soldiers.<br /> <br />I hadn't heard about the tapestry though - covering it up whilst Colin Powell makes his speech just illustrates governments refusals to face the human costs of war. I know that there have been visits from victims of Hiroshima to Guernica and it really makes you wonder why on earth those in power can never learn from the past. <br /><br />Thanks for letting me know about it. I love the idea of the room being free for groups to use on the proviso that they give photographs, recordings or minutes to the gallery for them to add to their archive.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183395919767332073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-68531091496927100402009-06-17T14:00:47.470+01:002009-06-17T14:00:47.470+01:00You might be interested in seeing this work at the...You might be interested in seeing <a href="http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/the-bloomberg-commission-goshka-macuga-the-nature-of-the-beast" rel="nofollow">this work</a> at the Whitechapel Gallery sometime when you're London.Ms Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345460251878739854noreply@blogger.com