On the other hand there is another side to the vision of human life. There is the experience of human joy and happiness that also has to be taken into account. We find this side in works that resonate with color, joy conviviality and friendship. In this exhibition works by Renoir and Picasso have been selected to show this side of the human condition. In this context the famous painting by Renoir entitled, the Luncheon of the Boating Party portrays a very different sense of the human condition compared to that of Bacon. We also this sense of the gentleness and beauty of human life in Picasso's the Bathers.
Another artist who has much to say about the human condition is Giacometti. This famous sculptor portrays human being in terms existential searching and mystery. His sculptures refuse to comment directly on the human condition but leave us with a sense of intense mystery and wonder, and a touch of anxiety, at the meaning of human existence. His increasingly attenuated sculptures are an attempt to find the essence of human nature - a search it seems that can never be finalized.
All of the works in this exhibition refer to a central vision - the attempt to understand and interpret the human condition and explore the meaning of life. Each artist has a particular view or vision of reality. The aim of the exhibition is to meditate on these...
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