MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA PRESENTS 'MIRO THE COLOURS OF POETRY'

THE GRAND SUMMER EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA, BADEN-BADEN, THROUGH 14.NOVEMBER IS DEDICATED TO THE ARTIST JOAN MIRO. UNDER THE TITLE 'MIRO THE COLOURS OF POETRY', THE MUSEUM WILL SHOW AROUND 100 WORKS BY THE CATALAN ARTIST WHO SO STRONGLY INFLUENCED THE ART OF THE 20th CENTURY. VARIOUS FAMOUS PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND MUSEUMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE SENT THEIR PAINTINGS TO BADEN-BADEN, AMONG THEM THE CENTRE POMPIDOU IN PARIS, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN BASEL AND BERN AND THE MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNNEMISZA IN MADRID. A LARGE NUMBER OF WORKS OWNED BY THE MIRO FAMILY ARE SHOWN AS WELL, THIS BEING A RARE OCCASION. MORE THAN 30 INTERNATIONAL LENDERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE MIRO EXHIBITION. THE COLOURFUL PAINTINGS REPRESENT THE MAIN PART OF THE EXHIBITION, COMPLETED BY PAPER WORKS, CERAMIC WORKS AND SCULPTURES. THE EXHIBITION IS CURATED BY JEAN-LOUIS PRAT, WHO WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MIRO AND ORGANIZED EXHIBITIONS FOR HIM DURING HIS LIFETIME. 'MIRO STYLE WAS NOT ABSTRACT OR FIGURATIVE, HE USED A VERY POETIC LANGUAGE IN HIS PAINTINGS', PRAT EXPLAINS. SOME AMONG MIRO'S CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, HE SAYS, BANNED COLOUR FROM THEIR PAINTINGS, FOR MIRO, THOUGH, COLOUR ALWAYS RETAINED GREAT IMPORTANCE. THUS RED, GREEN, YELLOW AND BLUE ARE DOMINANT IN HIS PAINTINGS TO BE SEEN AT THE EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES RARE SMALLER WORKS FROM MIRO'S EARLY CREATIVE YEARS. THEY HELP UNDERSTAND HIS DEVELOPMENT AS AN ARTIST, EVOLVING FROM THE FIGURED PRESENTATION TO SYMBOLIC PICTURE SUBJECTS AND EVER RECURRING SYMBOLS. THE MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND COLOUR STAINS ON CANVAS, WHICH RESEMBLE A MUSIC SCORE BUT SEEM TO EMERGE FROM A KIND OF DREAM WORLD, ARE TYPICAL OF MIRO'S PAINTINGS. THEY REAPPEAR IN HIS CERAMIC WORKS AND SCULPTURES, CONTRASTING HIS PICTURES.
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