Saturday, November 8, 2008

Guernica

April 26, 1937, and that this should be “jordan shoes” Germany and France wanton air force bombed the historic city of Spain - beautiful scenery and the town of Guernica, coincides with the market at that time, 2,000 innocent civilians lost their lives , Guernica was razed to the ground. The incident shocked the whole world, but also shook Picasso. Angry painter Pablo Picasso, Huibi created a large oil painting “Guernica.” 70 In the past, the masterpiece of this disaster, warfare has become a warning sign of the culture, but also the tragedy of Guernica will always remain in the human scars of memory.
There is no picture plane, not a bomb, but it brings together the brutal, terror, pain, despair, death and cry. The flowers were trampled, broken limbs, cries at the news of his mother, Yangtiankuangjiao distress, Brokeback’s men fell to the ground, dying horse Chang Si … … This is a fascist atrocities against the silent, tearing the sky. Abstract painter and a half to three-dimensional approach is to mix the image of the nike shoes, breaking the boundaries of space, contain the anger of the protest, the epic achievements of the tragic; in the fragmented pieces of black-and-white gray, the distribution of the endless gloomy, fear, refraction A painter of great human suffering compassion.
In the face of Tongche heart of the human tragedy, different artists have different reactions, the air force bombing of Guernica by the fascists, to the artists is a silent test. There are no feelings of compassion that can touch the soul created by the premise. Picasso said: “I am in my painting come to the object, rather than to see my painting.” Picasso was living in Paris, commissioned by the Government of Spain, are preparing to participate in the Paris Exposition of the International Museum of Spain creation Paintings. German news of the bombing of Guernica, Picasso has been furious, he would order the bombing of Guernica for the subject matter, in accordance with what he wanted to come to Spain as a museum painting, inhuman fascist crimes thoroughly exposed to the world. Art creators must Wutou the true meaning of art. Chinese cartoonist is like Feng said: arts skills rather than the cause, but the cause of the heart.
“Guernica” came after a number of countries in the display by the peace-loving people spoke highly of Picasso also has the respect of the people of the world. Franco dictatorship, “Guernica” can not be displayed in the artist’s mother. Until 1981, “Guernica” to return to Spain, the realization of the Picasso’s last wish. Picasso Museum of Art in Paris, have taken place in a small matter: One day, a number of German soldiers came to visit, give each person a Picasso, “Guernica” copy. An officer asked Picasso: “This is your masterpiece?” Picasso replied: “No, this is your masterpiece!”
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