Art | April 16, 2024
Face Off: Anti-Portraiture in Contemporary Art
Face Off: Anti-Portraiture in Contemporary Art
Pablo Picasso’s 1906 Cubist painting Portrait of Gertrude Stein, considered the archetype of anti-portraiture, was created out of frustration and anger. Day after day, in the stifling summer heat of his dark Montmartre studio, Picasso perched on a kitchen stool at arm’s length from Stein, who sat on a spindly wooden chair. The noise of families and bellow artists leaking through the room’s thin walls created a tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
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