Rene G. Cepeda

Tag: picasso

  • Brecht and Picasso, art as a weapon for social change

    Brecht and Picasso, art as a weapon for social change

    In this essay my intention is to reflect on Picasso’s Guernica and its importance in the world scene as a condemnation of Fascism and war through the lens of Bertolt Brecht’s In the Fight Against Injustice Even Weak Weapons Are of Use. The relationship between Brecht’s text and Picasso’s work is clear: Brecht was a…

  • Couch art & Thinking art, or how i learned to stop worrying and love art.

    Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions, and may in fact be wrong, I don’t claim to have any theoretical backup, I am just expressing my particular views on art appreciation. For a long time I believed that for art to be “good” it had to meet certain criteria. Criteria based on my upbringing in a…