A Picture Goes Around the World: Guernica and the (Shattered) Power of a Masterpiece
Lecture by Uwe Fleckner & film screening of Emir Kusturica's Guernica
Wednesday 11.12.24
Wednesday 11.12.24
As part of Dag Erik Elgin’s exhibition BOMBA, art historian Uwe Fleckner—who has published extensively on Pablo Picasso’s Guernica—will discuss the painting in a wide-screen, cinematic perspective. The lecture is titled “A Picture Goes Around the World: Guernica and the (Shattered) Power of a Masterpiece.”
The event will also include a screening of Emir Kusturica’s Guernica from 1978, the first film by the director and it was his graduation thesis from the Prague Film School. It deals with Nazism seen from the eyes of a child and is a precursor to Kusturica’s later films, dealing with themes such as the absurdities produced by war and entangled family relations.
About Uwe Fleckner
Uwe Fleckner is professor of art history at the University of Hamburg and director of the Warburg Haus. He has co-edited the collected works of Carl Einstein and Aby Warburg, and written numerous publications on the art of the 18th century to the present day. His articles on Guernica include “Die Wahrheit der Malerei. Pablo Picassos »Guernica« zwischen Atelier- und Ereignisbild” (2014); “The Ever-Visible Invisible Masterpiece. Picasso’s Guernica in Contemporary Art and Protest Culture” (2015); “Icon of Human Responsibility: Picasso’s »Guernica« as a medium of political education” (2018); “La invisible obra maestra que se ve en todas partes. El »Guernica« de Picasso en el arte y en la cultura contestataria del presente” (2023).
