Narrator, Ed Harris. "Produced by the Department of Exhibition Programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, in conjunction with the exhibition Joan Miró: the ladder of escape." Bonus features: gallery of Joan Miró works from the film set to music; 'Barcelona: what Miro saw": a visual tour; Miro's squiggles, blobs, and beasts: a look at the amusing abstract and realistic imagery in his paintings."
Summary:
Joan Miro was passionately committed to his native Catalonia and its struggle for independence from Spain. But he also longed to escape into artistic freedom. This tension drove his art in strange and beautiful ways. Miro was by turns influenced by Dada, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. His changes in styles and subjects also reflected the horrific events of the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the dictatorship of Franco. This documentary includes original footage shot in Barcelona.
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