CHAPTER 2 -LIBERATION, WINDING DOWN AND THE "ANARTISTS"
Strangely enough, the exhibition the second time around seemed easier to handle. By that I mean it didn't appear to be so large as handling this period of history is certainly not easy. Also, I remembered Claude’s comments and could for some, pass them onto Marielle. Apart from looking at what I had seen, I was more interested in looking at what we had had little time to see. Finally, Claude had covered 98% of the exhibition in the two hours we had been with him. Charles Walch - Le Coq glorieux - Liberation The Liberation is a moment of jubilation of course, but a dark period too. The French communist party is legitimized - Picasso becomes a member, and a hero. The horror is the discovery of witnesses returning from the camps and the stories told. I found that many of the paintings tend to depict this horror and probably then decompression occurs.
Abstraction takes a place of honor and is no longer considered to be «degenerate art». Picasso. Faune Jaune et bleu joua