Audioguide for the Children's Exhibition Musee Picasso in Paris
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
British (General)Transcript
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Hello, my friend. Welcome to the Musee Picasso. You must have walked straight past me when you came into the museum without even noticing me. Too bad we could've met properly. Now I'm going to have to introduce myself. I'm a spin, JJ. That's right. A spin, JJ. If I said a Spinks, you'd understand immediately, right? Well, yes, I am a sphinx, but a female stinks. When you leave the museum after your visit, Come and say goodbye. At least just make sure you look for a sculpture with a female head on the body of a lion on the front of the building in the courtyard. That's me. I've been living here for 350 years in the beautiful Hotel Sally. It's 1/17 century mansion, A big house, if you prefer. The Musee Picasso has been here for 30 years. I know the museum like the back of my hand. I got the building and look after the collection. What a responsibility, If you like, I can guide you while you visit. Okay. Picasso was a Spanish artist born in 18 81 almost 140 years ago. He produced art for more than 70 years. He was a complete artist. He painted, sculpted, made assemblages and even wrote, Are you ready? The exhibition covers five floors. I suggest we visit four of them together. The museum's collections are exhibited at the top of the building on the second and third floors. That's the perfect place to discover works by Picasso, as well as those by the other artists he collected. But let's start at the beginning on the ground floor where we are now on the first floor, the museum is holding an exhibition about Bulger, Picasso's first wife. Picasso depicted Bulger many times and in many different ways. Sometimes she's easily recognised. Sometimes it's a bit more difficult. Why I hear you ask. Well, that's something we can find out together. Let's go and meet her