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Why do I hate Picasso's paintings?

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Because you may prefer figurative painting (painting of people and things that are closer to “photo-real” and less, well, “ugly”). But, try something out for fun. Do a little research into how Picasso's style came about. It wasn't just by chance. read more

It’s not a history of art. It’s a history of watching the evolution of our brains played out in paintings. Picasso isn’t painting people with weird eyes and noses in the wrong place. He’s deconstructing identity. Much in the same way the industrial revolution changed the identity of the laborer. read more

Best Answer: The Nazi's favored the Old German style of art, with the strong imagery of the state and the common man. They liked art that was very much in keeping with the old German tradition of realism and imagery. Picasso was a Spaniard, member of a different "movement" of art (Cubist), and he was a Communist for a while. read more

Picasso was important to me, especially as a teen-ager in art school. He was the first art superstar of the 20th century. My early work was narrative, so I looked hard at his blue and rose period paintings. Later it was the Cubist works. I think of my Ku Klux Klan pictures as portraits. read more

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Admit It, You Really Hate Modern Art
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Why I don't like Picasso
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Why Picasso is crap
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