The Grotesque Factor
What is the grotesque in art? At times it has been described as the exaggerated, on occasion compared to the deformed, and at others to the satirical or even the incongruous. Museo Picasso M谩laga takes a close look at the subject in The Grotesque Factor, an exhibition that examines the meaning and evolution of this category of aesthetics at various points in Western art history.
The Grotesque Factor, shows over 270 paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, books, documents and fragments of film have been gathered together for this exhibition. Works by some 70 artists, who include Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Otto Dix, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Jos茅 Guti茅rrez Solana, Victor Hugo, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Ren茅 Magritte, Man Ray, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Juan Mu帽oz, Meret Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Juan S谩nchez Cot谩n, Antonio Saura, Thomas Sch眉tte, Cindy Sherman, Leonardo da Vinci, Bill Viola and Franz West. The works are technically and formally diverse and are seen on display together here for the first time. They share with one another an element of the grotesque, which has been defined in this exhibition as an artist鈥檚 view of the world, a mindset that has been expressed in very different ways over the years.
What is the grotesque in art? At times it has been described as the exaggerated, on occasion compared to the deformed, and at others to the satirical or even the incongruous. Museo Picasso M谩laga takes a close look at the subject in The Grotesque Factor, an exhibition that examines the meaning and evolution of this category of aesthetics at various points in Western art history.
The Grotesque Factor, shows over 270 paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, books, documents and fragments of film have been gathered together for this exhibition. Works by some 70 artists, who include Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Otto Dix, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Jos茅 Guti茅rrez Solana, Victor Hugo, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Ren茅 Magritte, Man Ray, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Juan Mu帽oz, Meret Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Juan S谩nchez Cot谩n, Antonio Saura, Thomas Sch眉tte, Cindy Sherman, Leonardo da Vinci, Bill Viola and Franz West. The works are technically and formally diverse and are seen on display together here for the first time. They share with one another an element of the grotesque, which has been defined in this exhibition as an artist鈥檚 view of the world, a mindset that has been expressed in very different ways over the years.
Artists on show
- Antonio Saura
- Bill Viola
- Cindy Sherman
- Francis Bacon
- Franz West
- Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
- James Ensor
- José Gutiérrez Solana
- Juan Muñoz
- Juan Sánchez Cotán
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Louise Bourgeois
- Man Ray
- Max Ernst
- Meret Oppenheim
- Otto Dix
- Pablo Picasso
- Paul Klee
- René Magritte
- Richard Prince
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Thomas Schütte
- Victor Hugo
- Willem de Kooning
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