Remaking Picasso’s Guernica

Pablo Picasso's iconic painting ‘Guernica' was created in 1937 in response to the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by the Nazi Condor Legion who were supporting General Franco's Nationalist rebels. The town represented the first near-total destruction of an undefended civilian target by aerial bombardment. Picasso's painting demonstrated the terrible impact of the bombings, and has subsequently become one of the most famous paintings of the twentieth-century. It travelled to Britain in 1938-9 and is now housed at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. has become an anti-war statement that has repeatedly been referenced in subsequent conflicts of the modern age. Since June 2013, a collective of artists and activists has worked to recreate Picasso's ‘Guernica' as a large-scale textile banner, deploying the power of art against fascism and war, whilst making comparisons between the mid-1930s and today. Stitching workshops have been held in a variety of venues in Britain and India over the last year. ‘Remaking Picasso's Guernica' is a collective project involving Amnesty International, Brighton Anti-Fascists, Gatwick Detainee Visitors Group, Migrant English Project, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, University of Brighton and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

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http://pallant.org.uk/exhibitions1/current-exhibitions/main-galleries/remaking-picassoas-guernica

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000143?id=EVENT514654