Picasso in front of the TV: unexpected links between the media—especially television—and Picasso's work.
Picasso was always interested in popular modes of expression, such as newspapers, advertising and the cinema. From 1960 onwards, he became a regular television viewer, particularly captivated by certain programmes about the circus or wrestling and by films. The televisual language (black and white, the speed, the narrative process…), the huge influx of images of all kinds, some of which accorded with his own long-standing preoccupations, thus had an influence on the artistic production of his later years. The aim of this book is to reveal some unexpected links between the small screen and Picasso's work between 1966 and 1970.
A specialist in the avant-gardes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, curator and director of several institutions in France and Switzerland, Laurence Madeline is the author of numerous works devoted to
Gauguin, Picasso and Van Gogh.
