I started off by finding a book in the library which focused on the theme of life and death in Picasso’s work. I chose this book in particular because it showed some correlation to the work I am currently producing as well as the style of work I usually admire which could help give me some background knowledge for future project when conducting this piece of research. The book consists of 133 illustrations which fit under the umbrella of life and death. From this I then decided to search and discover if anybody else had looked into this idea of life and death in Picasso’s work and came across an article by Aidan Meller. In the article he talks about one specific piece by Picasso and how it could symbolize Life, Death and Nudity. For the last source, the news article, I found another piece of writing that explores similar themes in yet another part of Picasso’s work. This time it was on ‘Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors review – sex and death in the bullring’. Like in the first source the writer explored a few samples of work from Picasso and related back to the theme of sex and death.

Green, C. (2009). Life and death in Picasso. London: Thames et Hudson.

Aidan Meller. (2017). Life, Death and Nudity Explored by Picasso — Aidan Meller. Available at: http://aidanmeller.com/life-death-and-nudity-explored-by-picasso [Accessed 2 Nov. 2017].

Searle, A (2017) Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors review – sex and death in the bullring. The Guardian, 28 April.