Doha: Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani visited the Picasso-Giacometti exhibition at the Fire Station’s Garage Gallery yesterday.
More than 120 works by Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti-two of the most important artists of the 20th century-are on display at the Fire Station’s Garage Gallery in a first-of-its-kind exhibition in the Middle East which opened recently.
The ‘Picasso-Giacometti’ exhibition, which runs until May 21, is a collaboration between Qatar Museums (QM) and Musée national Picasso-Paris and the Fondation Giacometti. It covers paintings, sculptures, sketches, photographs and interviews with the artists drawn from the collections of Musée national Picasso-Paris and the Fondation Giacometti in Paris.
The exhibition tells captivating story of Picasso and Giacometti unknown relationship between the two artists, who, despite 20 years age gap, shared many key moments during their distinguished careers.
Divided into six sections, the exhibition evokes different aspects of each artist’s production, including development of their work as young artists through to their modernist creations, and shows correspondences between their works, the influence of the surrealist movement, and the return to realism during the post-war period.
Among key works on display are Self Portrait (1901), Woman Throwing a Stone (1931) and The She Goat (1950) by Picasso, and Flower in Danger (1932),Tall Woman (1960) and Walking Man (1960) by Giacometti, presented alongside some newly discovered drawings and photographic archives.
The exhibition will be accompanied by interactive educational activities for school children, teachers and families as well as a self-guided handbook for visitors. Activities will include training for teachers to enable them to conduct self-guided tours of the exhibition for students, run workshops and equip them with materials to have post-visit discussions with students. All schools will be invited to the exhibition and workshops will take place at Fire Station Education Studio, where students can create their own art based on the artworks on show.
