Perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso may be best known for pioneering Cubism and fracturing the two-dimensional picture plane in order to convey three-dimensional space. Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures,ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings have sold for more than $100 million. The indefatigable artist has been the subject of exhibitions at the world’s most prestigious institutions, from the Museum of Modern Art and Centre Pompidou to the Stedelijk Museum and Tate Modern.

"Growing up in Australia I really felt isolated from the rest of the world. In a sense, there's a feeling of double isolation when you're gay. The sight of the iconic surf lifesavers at Aussie beaches was one of the first images of the male body available to me that I was able to sexualize," says Luke Anthony, whose first sexual encounters were amongst the waves of the Pacific., 2018

Digital pigment print

58 × 40 in | 147.3 × 101.6 cm

Frame included

Edition 1/3 + 2AP

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Rebecca Camacho Presents

San Francisco

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