Picasso is known for ever in art lore as the famous painter and sculptor from Spain. Winterson takes the name Picasso and does a one-eighty by making her character the opposite sex of Picasso. Winterson's Picasso reminds one of Picasso’s famous painting that contains women wearing African tribal masks. The African tribal mask painting is connected to Winterson's character. The women in this picture are not painters but objects being painted: is it hard for Picasso to imagine herself a painter instead of an object? By naming her character Picasso, Winterson imagines a non-patriarchal society in which women can be artists as famous as Picasso is in our society now. By creating Picasso as a female character and a lesbian, Winterson challenges our faces of greatness, calling into question the great artist's identity.
Famous painters are mostly men: Picasso, Rapheal, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and, Anthony van Dyck.
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