Picasso 1936. Traces of an Exhibition
The 'Picasso 1936 Exhibition' ontology was drawn up on the occasion of the documentary show 'Picasso 1936. Traces of an Exhibition' organised by the Museu Picasso in 2011 that upheld the idea of valuing documents in artistic processes. Using technological resources, the show describes how the Picasso exhibition held in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid in 1936 was conceived and materialised, and is now a key event for understanding the artist's relationship with Barcelona and, by extension, with Spain.
In information science, ontology is the explicit formalisation of a shared conceptual scheme. In this case, 'Picasso 1936 Exhibition' intends to conceptualise the meaning of the 1936 display of Picasso works and explain the artist's connections with Barcelona and Spain. The ontology, a combination of archive studies, semantic website and data visualisation, has an experimental basis and presents new ways of formalising and structuring information and documents, enabling us to recreate the 1936 event while generating and sharing new knowledge on Picasso.
Chronicle of the exhibition
Focus Collection 2: "Picasso 1936. Empremtes d'una exposició" [Picasso 1936. Traces of an Exhibition]
The second title in the Focus collection is devoted to the exhibition of works by Picasso organized by ADLAN, which opened in January 1936 in the Sala Esteve gallery in Barcelona and later travelled to Bilbao and Madrid. The Museu Picasso's Centre for Knowledge and Research has carried out an exhaustive in-depth study of the documentary fonds, acquired by the museum in late 2009 and early 2010, to allow readers to understand in detail the process of organizing the exhibition, the various individuals that were actively involved, the selection of works the show introduced to the Spanish public and the range of critical reaction it provoked. Like the exhibition, the book places the focus firmly on the narrative force of the documents.
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Enric Casasses interpreta Paul Éluard
