Sexuality In Pablo Picasso's Paintings

Exploring how sexuality is depicted in some of Picasso’s paintings is an intriguing process that entails a close consideration of Picasso’s biography in order to assess the extent to which such a phenomenon or concept figures in the artist’s painting. The process of assessment is believed to require consideration of some of Picasso’s paintings such as that of Les Demoiselles D’avignon in order to determine whether Picasso’s perception of women is affected by certain life experiences that he might have tried to document through his visual representations. Such a consideration seems to be an important one especially when we consider what Picasso at one instance describes women as both goddesses and doormats. Such a claim seems to be a dangerous one since it reflects a complex predisposition towards females on the part of the famous painter, which is misogynistic and is reflected by the use of the word ‘doormats’, and the other is in sharp …show more content…
A goddess is usually worshipped and adored, and can also be said to be a source of inspiration. Consequently, the notion that Picasso’s sexuality and corresponding artistic work reflected such a complex predisposition does not seem to be a farfetched one. Accordingly, one does not seem to need a lot of evidence in order to claim that the famous and creative painter was a complex