The painting uses greys, black and white to show the suffering of people, animals, and buildings during violence and chaos. It is a response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque town, by Germany and Italy in support of Franco. The painting helped bring worldwide attention to the Spanish Civil War. It is widely regarded as one of the most moving and powerful anti-war paintings in history. I have seen it three times now and really love it. It brings tears to my eyes and helps me understand how vital art is to society. In one of the rooms around the painting there is currently a film showing live news footage of those days. Really interesting.
Some other exhibits catch my attention. Violencia by Juan Carlos Romero of Argentina is one.
http://www.museoreinasofia.es/coleccion/obra/violencia
here is suggests that violence arises from poor functioning of society and politics.
On a lighter note, I really enjoy Juan Hidalgo's Lanas, an installation consisting of 1600
pieces of yarn in all colours except black and grey, with the same
number of bells hanging from them at a random distance from the floor of
50, 60, 80 and 100 cm
I also like the Aballi exhibition.
http://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/exhibitions/ignasi-aballi
Here is a close up of the modern mosaic shown above, interesting after Mérida
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