Picasso the Sculptor

This film records the comprehensive exhibition of Picasso's sculptures at the Tate Gallery, London, works rarely seen together, from all periods and in a variety of materials and styles: figurative heads and figures in bronze; sheet metal, wire and tube constructions; a series of massive modeled heads from the 1930s; the witty assemblages of found materials (the Bull's Head, the Baboon); ceramic sculptures of the late 1940s and 1950s; and the `folded' works of the 1960s, in which sheet metal is used as paper. The commentary, accompanied by photographs of Picasso at work, describes the various influences - African art, Cubism and Mediterranean fables. The film, above all, is a celebration of Picasso's unique ability to transform ordinary materials, even household objects, into poetic statements.

© 1998-2008 The Roland Collection & Pira Intl.