{"id":1867,"date":"2023-06-03T23:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2023-06-03T23:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T15:35:06","slug":"brooklyn-museum-dismisses-negative-reviews-of-hannah-gadsbys-pablo-matic-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/uncategorized\/brooklyn-museum-dismisses-negative-reviews-of-hannah-gadsbys-pablo-matic-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Museum Dismisses Negative Reviews of Hannah Gadsby\u2019s \u2018Pablo-matic\u2019 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Brooklyn Museum<\/a>\u00a0has dismissed negative reviews of \u201cIt\u2019s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to\u00a0Hannah Gadsby<\/a>,\u201d which opened to the public today after being panned in\u00a0ARTnews<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The show, co-organized by Gadsby and Brooklyn Museum senior curators Catherine Morris and Lisa Small, features more than 100 works. Alongside many Picassos, there are contemporary works by\u00a0Cecily Brown<\/a>, Judy Chicago, Renee Cox, K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Dindga McCannon, Ana Mendieta, Marilyn Minter, Joan Semmel, and Faith Ringgold.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pablo-ms begin before you even enter the first gallery,\u201d\u00a0wrote Alex Greenberger\u00a0in\u00a0ARTnews<\/em>. \u201cAbove the show\u2019s loud, red signage on the museum\u2019s ground floor, there\u2019s a 26-foot-long painting by Cecily Brown,\u00a0Triumph of the Vanities II<\/em>\u00a0(2018), featuring an orgy of brushy forms set against a fiery background. The painting looks back to the bacchanalia of Rococo painting and the intensity of Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix\u2019s hues. It has little to say about Picasso, an artist whom Brown has spoken of admiringly.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York Times<\/em>\u00a0critic Jason Farago was even more\u00a0scathing in his review\u00a0of the show. \u201cThe ambitions here are at GIF level, though perhaps that is the point,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Adlan Jackson\u2019s\u00a0review\u00a0for\u00a0Hell Gate<\/em>\u00a0put a finer point on it. Its headline was \u201cDon\u2019t Go to \u2018It\u2019s Pablo-matic.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to the reviews, Small posted a photo of her with Morris and Gadsby on her Instagram story with the caption \u201cthat feeling when it\u2019s Pablo-Matic gets (male) art critics\u2019 knickers in a twist.\u201d Morris reposted the image to her Instagram stories, adding, \u201cA @nytimes critic got very emotional about our show,\u201d along with a GIF of the words \u201csorry not sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The museum\u2019s director of digital communications, Brooke Baldeschwiler, posted an Instagram story featuring a video about the exhibition starring Gadsby with the caption \u201cCome @ us haters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Screenshot taken by Karen K. Ho\/ARTnews<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The collaboration with Gadsby came out of\u00a0the 2018 hit Netflix special\u00a0Nanette<\/em><\/a>, which included heavy criticism of Picasso and his influence. Picasso \u201cjust put a kaleidoscope filter\u201d on his penis when he helped start the Cubist movement, Gadsby claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Pablo-matic\u201d is one of many exhibitions being staged this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Picasso\u2019s death. On the\u00a0podcast\u00a0This Week in Art<\/em><\/a>, produced by the\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/em>, Small called the 50th anniversary invitation from the Mus\u00e9e Picasso the \u201cperfect opportunity to partner\u201d with Gadsby.<\/p>\n

Morris told\u00a0This Week in Art<\/em>\u00a0that the show was conceived around the themes of power in the art market and feminist art history, especially in the years since Picasso died.<\/p>\n

After the publication of the negative reviews, the museum also sent out an email blast from Morris and Small, explaining why they mounted the show.<\/p>\n

Perhaps no artist enjoys as much global name recognition as\u00a0Pablo Picasso<\/a>. In the fifty years since his death in 1973, culture\u2014and art history\u2014have undergone sweeping changes. The way we look at Picasso has changed, too. Let\u2019s talk about how. The past fifty years have encompassed, among many other social movements, the rise of feminism. And so, to mark this anniversary, we are exploring questions about his legacy by displaying Picasso\u2019s art alongside works by a range of women artists.<\/em><\/p>\n

We think it\u2019s time to add another layer to our understanding of this towering figure of modernism. Museums are, after all, a place where the past and present meet. As curators, we believe our exhibitions should encourage and hold space for nuanced dialogues, even if they are uncomfortable.<\/em><\/p>\n

And what better way to wade into these waters than with a bit of humor? Comedy is such a powerful tool for sparking conversation and revealing unexpected ideas. That is why we have collaborated with comedian (and, yes, famously outspoken Picasso critic) Hannah Gadsby on this exhibition. With their pointed wit and background in art history, they challenge us to look again. And look differently.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anne Pasternak, the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s director, wrote an\u00a0op-ed\u00a0for the\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/em>\u00a0in which she further explained the show\u2019s genesis. Noting that the point of the exhibition was not to cancel Picasso, she seemed to allude to reviews that extensively quoted\u2014and critiqued\u2014words from Gadsby present throughout the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo those who question whether Gadsby\u2019s voice belongs in this exhibit, I would simply ask: Whose interests are threatened by including it? Or, who benefits from excluding it?\u201d Pasternak wrote.<\/p>\n

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