Invitation to the Media - Miró in Mallorca. A free spirit
QUEBEC, May 15, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ -
GRAND HALL OF THE PIERRE LASSONDE PAVILION
MUSÉE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUÉBEC
179, GRANDE ALLÉE OUEST, QUÉBEC (QUÉBEC) G1R 2H1
An exclusive North American presentation at the MNBAQ!
Let yourself be carried away by the poetic universe of Joan Miró (1893-1983), a Spanish painter and sculptor who created an emblematic body of 20th century art.
Fall under the spell of a period of maturity and rich and diverse creativity, from 1956 to 1981, when the artist settled of the island of Mallorca and pursued his research in a spirit of great freedom.
Nearly 200 paintings, sculptures and works on paper, including numerous large canvasses, have been assembled specially for the MNBAQ from the collections of the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca (Spain) and the Successió Miró.
The exhibition affords an outstanding glimpse of a timeless body of work as powerful as the Spanish sun.
Interviews are possible at the conclusion of the press visit:
Jean-Luc MURRAY, Director General, MNBAQ
André GILBERT, Exhibition Curator, MNBAQ, and co-curator of the exhibition
Joan PUNYET MIRÓ, art historian, author and Miró's grandson
Francisco COPADO CARRALERO, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca (Spain)
SOURCE Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
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