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That's a good impression(ism): Hyperrealisticsculpture of Picasso complete with HUMAN HAIRgoes on display in his birthplace of Malaga
Eugenio Merino, a Spanish sculptor known for models of dead historical 韆igures, has created one of PicassoHyperrealistic model matches artist's height and even has real human hair embedded in the scalp and noseMerino said the exhibition, which features a souvenir shop, is designed to highlight the problems with tourism
By CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR MAILONLINEPUBLISHED: 13:35 BST, 5 May 2017 | UPDATED: 17:16 BST, 5 May 2017
As an artist he was known for his abstract paintings of people - but now Pablo Picasso has been rendered ineerily accurate detail by a Spanish sculptor.
Eugenio Merino, who is known for creating controversial models of dead historical 韆igures, manufactured thelife-like artwork for a display in Picasso's birthplace of Malaga.
The 'corpse' is actually made of 韆iberglass, resin and plastic coated with silicone and embedded with realhuman hair. It matches the artist's exact height, a remarkably short 5ft 3ins, and is modeled on photographsfrom his life.
The work, which is mounted on a marble plinth, lies out in a small room atthe end point of a tour following thelandmarks of his life.
The organisers say the tour and sculpture are a critique of the way the city has used Picasso for commercialends.
'The project is meant to criticize mass tourism and the culture industry of the city as a brand, in which tourismgoes against the needs of the residents and where reality is replaced by settings created for the visitors,' saidLos Interventores, a group of artists who commissioned the exhibit.
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Eugenio Merino, a Spanish sculptor from Picasso's birthplace of Malaga, has created the life-like statue of the artist for a newexhibition highlighting the problems of tourism for locals. Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain, in 1881 he died in France in 1973having helped create one of the 20th century's most important artistic movements in Cubism
The work is displayed inside a gift shop and viewers are allowed to take sel韆ies with it, which Merino says will demonstratehow a complex artist and his work has been reduced to souvenir status. Picasso initially started out painting relatively life- likeportraits in韆luenced by impressionism, but soon incorporated surreal elements and motifs from African art, creating Cubism
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The work is constructed from 韆iberglass, resin and plastic and has been coated with silicone and embedded with real humanhair. Merino matched the model to the artist's real height, 5ft 3ins, and based it on photographs of him. The artist was well-known in his later years for wearing a striped top, cloth trousers and rope-soled shoes, which he is dressed in for the show
Merino is allowing tourists to take pictures with the statue, including with sel韆ie sticks which have been banned from mostmuseums, in a move which he hopes will help to prove his point. During his early years in Paris, Picasso was so poor that muchof his early work was burned into order to heat his apartment. Today he holds the record for most expensive artwork eversold, at $117million
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Merino said tourism is often harmful to local communities, pushing people out of their homes as prices rise and drawing inhuge crowds of people who put a strain on resources. While Picasso often takes all of the credit for having developed Cubism,in fact he created the artistic movement alongside collaborator Georges Braque
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Picasso was born in Malaga but left for France as a young boy and never returned. He died in France in 1973. As a nod tothis, Merino has written the plaque for his sculpture in French, which reads: 'Here lies our beloved Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973,we miss you.' Picasso did return to Spain several times in his life and drew on it for inspiration with his painting
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Merino (pictured rear) is known for creating sculptures of dead people from history. He has previously made a mode ofdictator Franco inside a Coca-Cola fridge, and of Osama bin Laden at a rave. Picasso set the mold for modern artists, and isoften cited as the 韆irst painter to have achieved real fame while still alive
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