As far as art exhibitions go, the most profound are rooted in a simple idea. Picasso Black and Whiteat the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston fits that bill.
___ There's more to this drawing that first meets the eye. Influenced by his new friendship with Georges Braque [http: /www.georgesbraque.org], Head of a Man is a first step toward Cubism. The strong and emotive sketch is mused by a Congolese mask, one Picasso would have seen at the Museum of Man [https://www.museums-of-paris.com/musee_fr.php?code=342] in Paris. He visited there often in search of an approach that would liberate his art from Western tradition. Look through the foreground of the work on paper. You may uncover what this man may be thinking about.
Photo courtesy of © 2013 Estate of Pablo Picasso Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
___ There's more to this drawing that first meets the eye. Influenced by his new friendship with Georges Braque [https: /www.georgesbraque.org], Head of a Man is a first step toward Cubism. The strong and emotive sketch is mused by a Congolese mask, one Picasso would have seen at the Museum of Man [https://www.museums-of-paris.com/musee_fr.php?code=342] in Paris. He visited there often in search of an approach that would liberate his art from Western tradition. Look through the foreground of the work on paper. You may uncover what this man may be thinking about.
