Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Painting (Head and Spider)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Painting (Head and Spider)
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Alternate Title:
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Pintura (Cabeza y araña)
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Image View:
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Detail, head
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Creator:
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Joán Miró (Spanish painter, 1893-1983)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) DE01372
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Location Note:
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52 Santa Isabel Street
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GPS:
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+40.408889-3.694444
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Date:
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1925 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Catalan; French
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Style Period:
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Surrealist; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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89 cm (height) x 116 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; animal
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Description:
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His work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In 1924, Miró joined the Surrealist group in Paris. The already symbolic and poetic nature of Miró's work, as well as the dualities and contradictions inherent to it, fit well within the context of dream-like automatism espoused by the group. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-MIRO-SRS-PHS-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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