j hopp Loc: oviedo, fl.

This was a controversial topic in 1967. It is 50 feet tall and weighs 147 tons. The 85 year old Picasso gave the sculpture no title. It is generally called The Picasso.

Susan yamakawa

Chicago has such interesting things 👍😊😊

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

It has the essence of a baboon but the forms are still interesting, modern, and thought provoking. Some might argue that a literal baboon would have looked better.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

We call it a horse, if we have to call it something other than the Picasso.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Iconic and well shot 💥💥💥💥💥

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Thanks for that. Interesting. These are two of Picasso's horse heads. I see the resemblance in the eyes.

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

It still baffles my brain that he actually got paid the Big Bucks for some of the stuff he did. Obviously, I am not a fan of abstract, UNLESS, it has pleasant flowing lines & shapes and soothing colors. I wonder at the brain that some of his weirder stuff appeals to. Even his Blue Period left a lot to be desired. Depressing. I guess my brain just got stuck in the Renaissance and the Hudson River artists when I took an Art Appreciation course. I had read somewhere years ago, that Picasso laughed his way to the bank.

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

Could be a lion too as there is the suggestion of a mane.

j hopp Loc: oviedo, fl.

Thank you Susan for your comment.

j hopp Loc: oviedo, fl.

Thank you

j hopp Loc: oviedo, fl.

Dali comes to mind,

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

What kind of uncreative world would it look like if we were still in the Renaissance and the Hudson River school era?

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

My point is that it takes a lot more in depth artistic talent to produce realism vs abstract. When paintings by chimps and elephants are selling quite well and true artists' efforts go begging, I find that disturbing. I have no real talent myself other than one dimensional design as I do not see the world in the same perspective as an artist who can produce realism to the point where the viewer is in awe of their gift. I'm still trying to figure where the talent lies with Jackson Pollack splatter-dash canvases. When I was a child I remember doing the same thing on the floor of our cottage in stead of putting down linoleum. No talent there, but we did have fun splattering various paint colors all over the floor. I've been surrounded by artists most of my life, some better than others, and one who is truly exceptional. Children in kindergarten with no artistic talent have produced the equal to some of Picasso's abstracts, but no one is paying millions for their efforts, and I'm sure some of them put more effort into their drawings than he did. I certainly get more emotional feeling seeing an Albert Bierstadt painting of some place in Yellow Stone NP, than seeing Picasso's Guernica. If no one had ever come up with the idea of abstract painting, no one would have missed it.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

To appreciate art and of course to do it takes an active mind not a closed one. What kind of artist would stall his mind in adolescence? When Picasso was 18 years of age his father who was a professional artist quit painting when he saw his son had surpassed him. He thought his son would carry on his work as a French Salon painter. Picasso had other ideas and ended up birthing modern art.

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

Yes, he was an artist when he was young, however, which would you appreciate more from an artist's point of view, Botticelli's Primavera or Picasso's Les Demoiselles D'Avignon?