Robert Colescott

Robert Colescott’s Les Demoiselles d’Alabama is hilarious.  I really like this parody of Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.  I like Colescott’s painting a lot better than Picasso’s; it’s a modern twist on Picasso’s prostitutes.  The whole parody thing takes away the seriousness.  Maybe Picasso didn’t have a hidden message when he painted his picture.  This really lets you just see it for what it is.  Perhaps if Picasso was here today he would have painted something close to what Colescott did. 

On a more serious note, I think Colescott did a good job of incorporating all of the important elements of Picasso’s painting into his parody.  He positioned the women the same awkward way, used the fruit, and the blue background.  Overall, I like Colescott’s interpretation of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.