Upper East Side, New York
Group Exhibition
The Echo of Picasso
Almine RechJoe Andoe, The estate of Karel Appel, Farah Atassi, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Oliver Beer, Brian Calvin, César, The estate of Antoni Clavé, George Condo, Timothy Curtis, Jose Dávila, Urs Fischer, Jorge Galindo, Jameson Green, Peter Halley, David Hockney, Marcus Jahmal, Jeff Koons, Maria Lassnig, Cristina De Miguel, Pablo Picasso, George Rouy, Claire Tabouret, Genesis Tramaine, Zio Ziegler In honor of the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death (April 8, 1973), Almine Rech is pleased to present The Echo of Picasso, a wide-ranging group exhibition curated by Eric Troncy, spanning across its two locations in the city. The exhibition offers two perspectives: one that revisits a time in history wherein Picasso's contemporaries sought to challenge his work, and a second in which living artists today echo the Spanish artist’s oeuvre. As Michael Fitzgerald[1] described, "instead of being a potential adversary in life, in death, Picasso became a voluminous encyclopedia of ideas and images for artists.” 50 years since Picasso's death, the contemporary works on view still echo the formal, technical, and conceptual inventions of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. The exhibition also allows us to see Picasso in a contemporary perspective. 1 - Excerpt from the text by Michael Fitzgerald - Kluger family Professor of Art History Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut - in Museo Picasso Malaga catalog, "The Echo of Picasso."