II International Symposium on the Work of Joan Miró
- Phosphorescent trails: Tracing some of Joan Miró’s networks
- Lecture by Matthew Gale
When
- Saturday 5th April at 12 p.m.
Language
- English
Free entrance but prior reservation is required
Lecture by Matthew Gale
II International Symposium on the Work of Joan Miró
Fundació Miró Mallorca is once again hosting a new edition of the International Symposium on the work of Joan Miró. Under the direction of Enrique Juncosa, we will have the opportunity to listen to highly prestigious speakers such as Mathew Gale, Juan Manuel Bonet and Joan Maria Minguet Batllori.
Phosphorescent trails: Tracing some of Joan Miró’s networks
Abstract by Matthew Gale
As is well known, Joan Miró spent the early 1940s in Palma and Barcelona, and was unable to attend the first museum retrospective of his work held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1941. The United States was drawn into the Second World War soon after that exhibition opened, and Miró’s first opportunity to visit came only in 1947. He seems to have felt a combination of relief, at release from restrictions at home, and bewildered excitement, at the intensity of life in New York. This paper will address some of the layers of artistic contacts that made up his networks during this stay, often determined by links of friendship and language. Rather than concentrating on those associated with the emerging Abstract Expressionism, it will shift the view (sometimes rather speculatively) onto some of those artists usually placed outside the familiar canon.
Breu biografia de Matthew Gale
Dr. Matthew Gale is curator at Tate Modern in London, was co-curator, along with Marko Daniel, of the last major Miró exhibition held in 2011 at the prestigious British museum and the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona. This exhibition emphasized the political aspects of Miró’s work. Gale will discuss Miró’s relationships with international intellectuals in Palma.
