Guitar No. 10. Recumbant Woman

During the last two years of his life between 1984 and 1985, Pablo Serrano would work on the series Fun With Picasso, Cubism and the Guitar (Divertimentos con Picasso El Cubismo y La Guitarra), reinterpreting other cubist works by Picasso, although he also created several Picassian works in previous years. This piece shows a geometricized guitar with a feminine appearance, reclining on a prismatic support. In this last series, despite retaining a certain connection with previous approaches around the theme of destruction and reconstruction, Serrano would create sculptures far different from the shapes and contents of previous series. They have smooth surfaces made from diverse materials (bronze, marble, plaster, porcelain, corten steel), with a particular focus on those which feature guitars such as this piece. In the words of the Aragonese artist: "Cubism is one part reason and one part emotion. Destroy to construct. Destroy one reality to construct another. Cubism is therefore a valid artistic response to the times of searching and unrest we find ourselves in."