Narrated by Ed Harris and produced by the National Gallery of Art in conjunction with the exhibition. Joan Miro was passionately committed to his native Catalonia and its struggle for independence from Spain. But he also longed to escape into artistic freedom. This tension drove his art in strange and beautiful ways. Miro was by turns influenced by Dada, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. His changes in styles and subjects also reflected the horrific events of the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the dictatorship of Franco. This documentary includes original footage shot in Barcelona and Catalonia, interviews with scholars, images of Miro's paintings and sculpture, and archival footage and photos.

Catalog Number: MC-1308	Type: Short	Genre: Documentary, Art / Artist, Political / Social, Modern Culture
Copyright: 2012	Length: 0:32:02	Format:  DVD  Region: 0
TV System: NTSC	ISBN:	UPC/EAN: 880198130891
Label: National Gallery of Art		Rating: Not Rated

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2012-05-23  Audiophile Audition By John Sunier This short film was made to accompany a major touring exhibition from the National Gallery, which had the same subtitle. It is a retrospective survey of the politically-engaged art of Joan Miro – probably among the most easily-recognized of all modern artists, and reproduced everywhere – not just in books. Miro was in strong opposition to the fascist government of Franco, but unlike Picasso – who left Spain – he exiled himself to the island of Mallora, where his wife was from. He had a strong Catalan nationalism and it is reflected in his early paintings of his parents’ farm at Mont-roig del Camp, some distance from where he was born in Barcelona. It was here that he developed a symbolism and nationalism that he would have thruout his career. In 1924 he join the Surrealists in Paris and was felt by their leader Breton to be the most surrealistic of them all. He had a symbolic, schematic language of little forms and designs which became increasingly abstract. Some of his favorite subjects were child-like images of women, birds and the moon. Events of the Spanish Civil are seen in some of his paintings. His The Sun, the Moon and One Star – later renamed Miro’s Chicago – is in the Loop area of Chicago, across the street from the Chicago Picasso sculpture. Later in life Miro wanted to “annihilate painting” and influenced by Jackson Pollack and deconstructivist approaches dripped paint on the canvases and even walked on them. The film has archival footage and photos shot in Catalonia, interviews with figures in the art world, and closeups of many of Miro’s paintings. Ed Harris is the narrator.

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