PICASSO. PAINTING AGAINST TIME

Picasso's late period, which he spent in Mougins, occupies a special position in Picasso's oeuvre. His late paintings, featuring clo se-ups of the kiss and coppulation, cling with all their might to sensuality and the embrace/ they are marked by a great restlessnes s whose aim is to exorcise deah itself. The wildpaintings rapidly executed by his masterly hand are cotrasts to his detailed, carefu lly rendered drawnings, which are dominated by a unique joy in narrative.