The Genius of Art

During the later part of his life, he devoted a lot of time to his work, creating world-class arts of different styles and with daring details. During the periods 1968-1971, his creations were dominated by a number of copperplate etchings that detailed the nuances of human mind; some of these were criticized as the displays of the unsatisfied sexual emotions. These works were labeled as the sexual fantasies of an impotent old man. It was only after the death of Picasso on April 8, 1973, the world identified the abstract expressionism in his works and realized that Picasso had traversed a few steps ahead in the neo-expressionism than his counterparts of that era.

The last few days of his life were significant to the art world. Picasso was obsessed with creativity, and it seemed as if he was portraying every moment of his life in the canvas. The last known work of Picasso is 'The Self Portrait'. This famous work in crayon and pencil was created in 1972, a few months he the confrontation of the human being with the limitations of the material world. There is a marked symbol of fear and resignation on the face of the 'self-portrait' of the artist.

The unusually scary and non-dimensional facial features of his self-portrait appeared as if he was challenging the world openly with his creativity. Picasso was haunted by the illness and the fear of death during those days. An artist, who had to face the vulgar criticism from the society, could not find a better way to express the feeling of his wounded soul. The eerie face with the half-blind eyes and the mouth resembling the arboreal creatures pose the striking features of an unavoidable challenge that every man is going to face in the end.

Picasso said it right. Art has no past or future. It has its relevance only in the present.