Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape (2011)

Genres - Visual Arts  |   Sub-Genres - Art History, Biography  |   Run Time - 19 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Cammila Collar

This documentary takes an in-depth look at artist Joan Miro, whose support for his native Catalonia under Spanish occupation helped shape his art, as an extension of his positions on political, social, and philosophical ideas. The program includes interviews with scholars and artists, as well as archival footage of Miro himself.

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abstract-art, artist, Dadaism, dictator, occupation [military], Spain, surrealism, totalitarianism