career, no matter how controversial it s now become. at points, while being in malaga, it feels like the whole city has been an inspiration to picasso. even the sunsets. el pimpi is one of the most famous wine bars in malaga, and it revels in the great artist s legacy. this room, it s called the picasso room. did picasso ever come here? no. despite this, uh, minor detail, it hasn t stopped the bar from capitalising on picasso s brand. wow. so, in 2003, in april, she came here? and maybe the myths, legends and vague associations are becoming as much part of picasso s appeal as the real facts. you can see the influence of the city on his art. it s very diverse and
these would be a profound influence on his work, perhaps most famously illustrated in guernica, a dramatic painting depicting the horror of the bombing of the spanish town by fascist forces during the civil war in the 1930s. but here in malaga, they insist his childhood years also had a huge bearing on his lifetime s work. a short walk from the gallery is picasso s birthplace, which has also become a museum. obviously, the most important influence of picasso in his early years was his own father, because the father was an art teacher. and he spotted talent. oh, yes, he realised very soon
yeah. and ten minutes walk from his birthplace is an arena that arguably influenced picasso the most the malaga bullring. he would come here with his father every weekend and it would inspire his first known artwork, aged eight an oil painting on wood which captures the colour of the bull fight. what the bull represents in picasso s work is widely debated by critics, some saying it stands for power and masculinity, others cruelty, brutality, and suffering. bull fighting, very strong part of southern spain, spanish culture, yeah? yes, very strong. today, bull fighting still goes on in malaga, although it s widely criticised by many people, both here and abroad, for its cruelty, with increasing calls for it to be banned. but there s no doubt the bull was an enduring legacy of southern spain throughout picasso s artistic