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I've already posted on PS that I've never been a fan of Pablo Picasso. For the first time we talked about his art at school and it was mentioned that he treated women pretty badly.
After hearing this I found I didn't necessarily had to "hype" someone who was a malignant narcissistic mysoginist. People around me said I was too "uptight" not being able to see genius etc...
I got a drawing as a gift and donated it. He honestly disgusts me.
Olafur Eliasson, a contemporary artist has called out Picasso in Spain's biggest newspaper "El País" for his ways. He aptly calls him the "Harvey Weinstein of his era". Only that this behaviour was deemed acceptable at the time. His horrible doings haven't really been condemned so far - at least I found the commentary always disturbingly neutral : of his so called "muses, models and lovers" (I'd rather say victims) he
*Trigger warning *
raped Marie-Thérèse , burnt a hole into Françoise 's cheek with a gauloise cigarette , had a tragic sadomasochistic relationship with Dora Maar. Marie-Thérèse and Jacqueline commited suicide. Maya, his daughter and Marina, granddaughter, have evoked abuse. He completely neglected his wife Olga when she was in a wheelchair...
Apparently he also took away the passports of two American fangirls who visited his atelier and blackmailed them into sleeping with him... I personally call this kidnapping.
How come there's still that hype? How come this is not communicated WAY more. To me, there should be at least 50% of every single Picasso museum dedication to his wrongdoings and proceeds should go to charities.
What are your thoughts?
After hearing this I found I didn't necessarily had to "hype" someone who was a malignant narcissistic mysoginist. People around me said I was too "uptight" not being able to see genius etc...
I got a drawing as a gift and donated it. He honestly disgusts me.
Olafur Eliasson, a contemporary artist has called out Picasso in Spain's biggest newspaper "El País" for his ways. He aptly calls him the "Harvey Weinstein of his era". Only that this behaviour was deemed acceptable at the time. His horrible doings haven't really been condemned so far - at least I found the commentary always disturbingly neutral : of his so called "muses, models and lovers" (I'd rather say victims) he
*Trigger warning *
raped Marie-Thérèse , burnt a hole into Françoise 's cheek with a gauloise cigarette , had a tragic sadomasochistic relationship with Dora Maar. Marie-Thérèse and Jacqueline commited suicide. Maya, his daughter and Marina, granddaughter, have evoked abuse. He completely neglected his wife Olga when she was in a wheelchair...
Apparently he also took away the passports of two American fangirls who visited his atelier and blackmailed them into sleeping with him... I personally call this kidnapping.
How come there's still that hype? How come this is not communicated WAY more. To me, there should be at least 50% of every single Picasso museum dedication to his wrongdoings and proceeds should go to charities.
What are your thoughts?