Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937 by Anne Umland

Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937 by Anne Umland

Taking Joan Miróâs notorious declaration of 1927 â âI want to assassinate paintingâ â as its point of departure, this richly illustrated volume is the first to focus on Miró the anti-painter. Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927â1937 surveys the various material, iconographical and rhetorical forms of Miróâs attacks on painting by presenting, in chronological sequence, twelve distinct series of works, beginning with a remarkable group of paintings on unprimed canvas and concluding with Miróâs return to realism in Still Life with Old Shoe. Acidic colour, grotesque disfigurement, stylistic heterogeneity, and the use of resistant, ready-made materials are among the key tactics of aggression that are explored in this extraordinary presentation of the interrelated and oppositional series of paintings, collages, objects and drawings Miró produced during this crucial decade of his long career. This volume integrates close scrutiny of Miróâs materials and processes with historical and iconographic analysis, leading to an expanded understanding of the underappreciated aggressiveness of an artist long regarded as Surrealismâs most lyrical painter-poet.

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ISBN 13	9780870707346
ISBN 10	0870707345
Title	Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937
Author	Anne Umland
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Museum of Modern Art
Year published	2008-11-01
Number of pages	256
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