February 27, 2023

Monday,February 27, 2023. Annette’s News Roundup.

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Guess who took the day off.

Lounging. Shopping at our Farmers Market. Visiting with friends. Thinking about the world.

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Artists think about wars.

French Artist Jean-Pierre Raynaud Made a Rendition of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ to Donate to Ukraine on the One-Year Anniversary of the War.

Raynaud’s art and Picasso’s Guernica side-by-side.

Those viewing Raynaud’s painting without context may struggle to find any connection to Guernica, a late-cubist, monochromatic composition completed after the titular Spanish town was bombed by the Nazis in 1937. Raynaud’s interpretation shares the exact dimensions of Picasso’s canvas, but little else. It doesn’t feature any of the dying soldiers or gored animals, nor the expressionistic depictions of violence. 

Instead, on Raynaud’s canvas are two red “do not enter” circles accompanied by a pair of parallel black lines. The whole thing looks more like a street sign than a political statement. 

But those symbols, which have been among the now-83-year-old artist’s visual language since the early 1960s, are meant to convey a similar emotionality as that of the figures literally being torn apart by war in Picasso’s iconic scene. (ArtnetNews)

Touch the tweet to watch the works of the French artist 🧑‍🎨 Jean-Pierre Reynaud and Picasso.

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Around the world, landmark buildings wore the colors of Ukraine in tribute to the one year anniversary of the Russian attack.

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Touch 👇 to start the video of a baby elephant in a New York State zoo taking its first bubble bath. 54 sec.

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Hope your Sunday was good. See you tomorrow.