《毕加索限量版画展》

       2014年是中国和西班牙正式建立外交关系40周年，毕加索作为“西班牙艺术的使者”对于中国艺术家的感染，几乎贯穿了近一个世纪。借此契机，逸空间（Escape space）共展出毕加索1956-1968年间创作的9幅版画，为观众献上一场“毕加索限量版画展”的艺术盛宴，能让观众较全面系统的认识毕加索的艺术创造精神和审美内涵的同时，也将满足那些对收藏及鉴赏更为严苛的观众们的需求。

        毕加索被公认为20世纪现代艺术最具魅力，才华横溢的艺术家，他传奇的一生有着非凡的独创力和想象力，他的立体主义完全改变了人们观看事物的习惯。从1899年到1973年期间，毕加索共创作了近20000幅版画艺术作品，版画是毕加索艺术非常重要的一个方面，也是他创作中比较随意自由、信手拈来的一部分，此次逸空间展出的“347号系列”蚀刻版画作品（共6幅），于1968年创作完成，这套系列是毕加索三套优秀雕刻中的一套，在毕加索生前只零星发表了一部分，有些作品甚至从未谋面。

        从“347系列”作品中，人们好像看到了另外一个毕加索——情欲和感情为该系列作品的创作素材。他开始寻找人生的喜剧因素，因为揭示荒谬的喜剧，虽然微不足道，却正好是命运之毒的有效解药。马戏团、魔术师、杂耍闹剧、穿着古怪装束的演员，以及女人们是“347系列”最初的主角，画面充满梦幻般的喜剧感。喜剧性的色情念头渐渐浮现出来，作为幻想的性欲的无穷性，以及作为实际能力的性欲的有限性，构成这出闹剧的基本矛盾，从这里我们不难看出，一个精力旺盛的老人如何抵御疲惫感的侵蚀。

       丰富的主题，是这一系列的重要特点。而采用刻刀、蚀刻、飞尘和干刻等不同技法，使该系列版画妙趣横生。该展览于2014年5月27日——6月15日期间在逸空间展出。

A Selection of Picasso Limited Edition Prints

2014 marks the 40^th anniversary of the official establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Spain, and along with it, the influence of Picasso. To mark this occasion, EscapeSpace is set to put on display 9 prints produced by Picasso from 1956 to 1968. The selected prints will enable the viewer to gain an aesthetic appreciation of both Picasso’s artistic and creative spirit.

Picasso was generally recognized as one of the most influential and talented artists in the 20^th century. His life was full of unique creativity and imagination. His cubist movement completely changed the way people perceived an object. Between 1899 and 1973, Picasso created nearly 20,000 prints in total. Printmaking was an important part of his artistic endeavors and a place where he remained free and casual in his creations. The 347 Series (6 prints on display) was produced in 1968 and was the final major print series he created in his lifetime. The 347 Series is considered one of the finest print sets Picasso ever produced.

In the 347 Series, Picasso began to explore with eroticism, sexual passion, comedy and the absurd. He started to look for comedic elements in life, and life as comedy; to expose absurdity, to drink the antidote of the poison of destiny in the face of all its insignificance. Circus troupe, magician, variety and farce, actors in strange dress, and women are the protagonists of this Series. As comedic erotic ideas gradually surface, the infinity of imaginary sexual passion and the finiteness of sexual desire, the ability and inability of action, constitute the fundamental conflict of the farce.

Varied themes and techniques are the important features of the 347 Series - such as acid wash, etching, wood block reduction and linocut - make the works truly unique. This Exhibition is slated to be held at EscapeSpace from May 27 to June 15, 2014.