Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937
- 作者
- 出版社 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- 出版时间 2008年11月
- ISBN 0870707345 或 9780870707346
- 定价 272.00
内容简介
TakingJoanMiro'snotoriousdeclarationof1927--"Iwanttoassassinatepainting"--asitspointofdeparture,thisrichlyillustratedvolumeisthefirsttofocusonMirothe"anti-painter,"identifyingthecorepracticesandstrategiestheartistusedtochallengepaintingbetween1927and1937.JoanMiro:PaintingandAnti-Painting1927-1937surveysthevariousmaterial,iconographicalandrhetoricalformsofMiro'sattacksonpaintingbypresenting,inchronologicalsequence,12distinctseriesofworks,beginningwitharemarkablegroupofpaintingsonunprimedcanvasandconcludingwithMiro'sreturntoRealismin"StillLifewithOldShoe"(1937).Acidiccolor,grotesquedisfigurement,stylisticheterogeneityandtheuseofresistant,ready-madematerialsareamongthekeytacticsofaggressionthatareexploredinthisextraordinarypresentationoftheinterrelatedandoppositionalseriesofpaintings,collages,objectsanddrawingsMiroproducedduringthiscrucialdecadeofhislongcareer.ThisvolumeintegratesclosescrutinyofMiro'smaterialsandprocesseswithhistoricalandiconographicanalysis,leadingtoanexpandedunderstandingoftheunderappreciatedaggressivenessofanartistlongregardedasSurrealism'smostlyricalpainter-poet.JoanMirowasbornin1893inBarcelona.AfterhisfirsttriptoParisin1920,andthrough1931,MirogenerallyspenthalfofeachyearintheFrenchcapitolandhalfinhisnativeCatalonia,returningtoliveinFranceaftertheoutbreakoftheSpanishCivilWarin1936.Oneofthetwentiethcentury'sgreatestModernartists,Mirocreatedapictorialworldofintenseimaginativepower,inwhichvisionaryandcosmicelementsareinextricablyintertwinedwiththeearthlyandmundane.Hediedin1983inPalmadeMallorca,Spain.
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