I was familiar with Picasso above all the other artists that Colling's discussed in the video. I always thought that Picasso had a more then simple fascination with both death & sexuality, and from watching the video I can tell that I was right. I might not have known the title's or the meaning's of his artwork, but I was very familiar with the paintings themselves. The same could be said for Pollock, but the only difference is that I knew of Picasso himself as well as his artwork, but with Pollock I only knew of his work & not the artist himself. I always just believed that the artist who created those paintings was, for lack of a better word, just throwing the paint onto the canvas, not carefully placing the paint were he felt it should be as Pollock was doing. Plus, with Colling's description of Pollock's violent/self-destructive personality there was a huge possibility that I could've been right! So between the two artists, I can honestly that the one that surprised greatly was Pollock; well Colling's description of the artist surprised anyway!
Questions:
1. What do you believe were Matthew Colling's own personal opinions about the artist that he discussed?
2. What do you believe Pablo Picasso was trying to express to others regarding death & sex?
3. How did Picasso actually cause his pictures to come out deformed with such detail?
4. Which artist did Colling's personally/professionally prefer?
5. Why do think Colling's began the video with himself drawing/using the muse of a naked woman?
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