“Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927 – 1937″
Barcelona born surrealist painter, Joan Miró (1893–1983), will have 10 years of his work, 1927 to 1937, presented at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC from November 2, 2008–January 12, 2009.
“I want to assassinate painting” he said. According to the exhibit catalog, “Acidic color, grotesque disfigurement, purposeful stylistic heterogeneity, and the use of collage and ready made materials are among the aggressive tactics that Miró used in pursuit of his goal.”
The presentation features 12 of the artist’s paintings beginning in 1927 and ending with the “hallucinatory”, Still Life with Old Shoe”, 1937 seen above.
Joan Miró – 11/2/08 thru 1/12/09
Museum of Modern Art
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