The Power of Art: Picasso's Guernica
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Activist art is a broad genre of visual art leveraged by social movements, artists, and activists to foster human rights and address sociopolitical issues. The primary goal of art activism is to produce thought-provoking artworks in the form of social or political currency...(continue reading)
BBC Radio 4 : Picasso's Guernica
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the context and impact of Pablo Picasso's iconic work, created soon after the bombing on 26th April 1937 that obliterated much of the Basque town of Guernica, and its people.
ABC Radio National: Revisiting Picasso's Guernica
Guernica, the painting by Pablo Picasso, took five weeks to complete from first sketch to finished product in 1937. After more than 70 years, it remains a touchstone for protest against the horrors of war.
References
BBC News. (2017, April 27). Guernica: What inspired Pablo Picasso's masterpiece? BBC News [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/l_VSixma864?feature=shared
Bragg, M. (Host). (2017, November 2). Picasso's Guernica [Audio podcast episode]. In In Our Time: Culture. BBC Radio. https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/picassos-guernica/id463700760?i=1000394334146
de Souza, I. (2024, August 30). Pablo Picasso's political art. My Art Broker. https://www.myartbroker.com/artist-pablo-picasso/articles/picasso-political-art
Rhodes, R. (2013). Guernica: Horror and inspiration. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 69(6), 149-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096340213508672
Short, K. (Researcher). (2011, June 22). Revisiting Picasso's Guernica [Audio podcast episode]. ABC Radio National. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/revisiting-picassos-guernica/2933940
Witek, D. (2019, April 8). Artwork analysis: Guernica by Picasso. Artsper Magazine. https://blog.artsper.com/en/a-closer-look/artwork-analysis-guernica-by-picasso/
