Moosey Islington is delighted to announce a solo exhibition by Elena Redmond, opening October 5th in London. Through a multi-layered oil painting prac.
When Picasso painted
Guernica in 1937, he did not employ his usual palette. Rather he turned to black, white and grey house paints, specially selected in order to achieve the minimum amount of gloss. The outcome is one of the most famous anti-war paintings as well as one of the most famous monochromatic works of art – up there with Ingres’
Odalisque in Grisaille and Malevich’s
Black Square.
Now, on the 85th anniversary of the bombing that
Guernica depicts, a team of 40 master craftsmen from the association of Basque Confectioners (Euskal Gozogileak) has paid tribute to Picasso’s creation using even more unorthodox materials. The replica of the vast painting, made entirely of dark, milk and white chocolate, went on display in the town of Gernika on Sunday – and the results are really quite impressive. The tonal modulations, for instance, are particularly accomplished. Malevich’s painting would certainly have been easier to pull off.