Joan Miró
’La Masía’ (1921-2)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
© Estate of Joan Miro
Joan Miró: ‘The Ladder of Escape’ at Fundació Joan Miró Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona presents ‘Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape’, featuring more than 100 works by Catalonian artist Joan Miró (1893–1983). From October 16, 2011, through March 18, 2012.]]>
Source: Fundació Joan Miró / Tate Modern / theartwolf.com
Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 – Palma de Mallorca, 1983) is one of the most original and iconic artists of the 20th century. Throughout his career, he developed a Surrealist language of colors and symbols that is widely regarded as one of the main influences for Abstract Expressionism
The exhibition “Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape” examines the complex context of his work, showing -as the press note published by the Tate Modern (where it was previously exhibited from April 14 to September 11, 2011) says- “the artist’s political engagement and examining the influence of his Catalan identity, the Spanish Civil War and the rise and fall of Franco’s regime“. The Catalan identity is specially notable in early works such as ‘La Masía (The Farm)’ (bought from the artist by Ernest Hemmingway in Paris) from 1921-22, or ‘Head of a Catalan Peasant’ from 1924-25.
The exhibition is co-organised by the Fundació Joan Miró of Barcelona and the Tate Modern of London. In May 2012, the exhibition will travel to the National Gallery of Art of Washington.
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