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Joan Miró : painting and anti-painting 1927-1937 / edited by Anne Umland.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Museum of Modern Art ; London : Thames & Hudson [distributor], c2008.Description: xiii, 242 p. : ill. (cheifly col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780870707346 (hbk.)
  • 0870707345 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.6 MIR
Contents:
Miró the assassin / Anne Umland -- The language of materials / Jim Coddington -- Paintings on unprimed canvas, 1927 / Anne Umland -- Spanish dancers and Portrait of a dancer, 1928 / Anne Umland --Dutch interiors and imaginary portraits, 1928-1929 / Anne Umland --Collages, 1929 / Anne Umland --Large paintings on white grounds, 1939 / Anne Umland --Constructions and objects, 1930-1932 / Adele Nelson -- Paintings based on collages, 1933 / Jordana Mendelson -- Drawing-collages, 1933-1934 / Jordana Mendelson -- Pastels on flocked paper, 1934 / Anne Umland -- Paintings on cardboard and Object (Object of sunset), 1935-1936 / Anne Umland --Small paintings on masonite and copper, 1935-1936 / Robert S. Lubar -- Paintings on masonite, 1936 / Robert S. Lubar -- Still life with old shoe, 1937 / Robert S. Lubar -- Catalogue / compiled by Adele Nelson.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 759.6 MIR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100711077

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Miró the assassin / Anne Umland -- The language of materials / Jim Coddington -- Paintings on unprimed canvas, 1927 / Anne Umland -- Spanish dancers and Portrait of a dancer, 1928 / Anne Umland --Dutch interiors and imaginary portraits, 1928-1929 / Anne Umland --Collages, 1929 / Anne Umland --Large paintings on white grounds, 1939 / Anne Umland --Constructions and objects, 1930-1932 / Adele Nelson -- Paintings based on collages, 1933 / Jordana Mendelson -- Drawing-collages, 1933-1934 / Jordana Mendelson -- Pastels on flocked paper, 1934 / Anne Umland -- Paintings on cardboard and Object (Object of sunset), 1935-1936 / Anne Umland --Small paintings on masonite and copper, 1935-1936 / Robert S. Lubar -- Paintings on masonite, 1936 / Robert S. Lubar -- Still life with old shoe, 1937 / Robert S. Lubar -- Catalogue / compiled by Adele Nelson.

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