Pablo Picasso's "Still Life with Chair Caning", is a form of early "collage" art (first developed by Braque in 1912) or "synthetic cubism" because it incorporates materials other than paint such as cloth, rope, etc. in order to portray the idea of the painting. The oval shaped painting depicts a series of objects: a two o' clock, a knife cutting a lemon, a napkin, a wine glass, the word "JOU" meaning "play" or "daily" (as in newspaper) in french, a pipe, a chair canning, a table, and the whole scene is enclosed by a rope. Although it looks like a composition of unrelated materials, the painting is said to be the depiction of a french breakfast scene. The word "JOU" is referring to the daily newspaper and the word "play" which alludes to the playfulness of the painting.
Picasso's collage "Still Life with Chair Caning" lead to many developments in the art world. In addition to helping advancing the collage art movement, his painting paved the way for the arts and crafts movement as well as all avante garde art created in the twentieth century. Furthermore, Picasso's "Still Life with Chair Caning" and the remainder of the collage art movement helped change the idea of art by mixing commercial, industrial objects with high culture, showing that art is made for everyone not just the socially elite.
When I see "Still Life with Chair Caning" I see the randomness of daily life. Our days are made up of random moments in time and I think this painting captures that idea, all audiences can relate to this morning scene.
SOURCES:
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/cubism.html
http://artsy.net/artwork/pablo-picasso-still-life-with-chair-caning
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