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Miró. Painting as Poetry

“Miró. Painting as Poetry“ – an inspired and inspiring exhibition at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, realized with the help of important loans from the U.S.

The first ever exhibition to examine Joan Miró’s interest in literature and his collaborations with avant-garde writers in 1920s Paris, runs until May 25, 2015. Miró was inspired by literary works, and in turn was a source of inspiration to writers such as André Breton, the leader of Surrealism. The show comprises 80 works from every phase of Miró’s life, and gives insight into how his signature style emerged from his playful approach to language and painting. A number of renowned collections have granted important loans to the exhibition, many of these come from American museums: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as the collection Jules Maeght in San Francisco. The exhibits all throw light on the meaning of writing in Miró’s work. The exhibition is realized in collaboration with the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf. K20 will show “Miró. Painting as Poetry“ from June 13 until September 27, 2015.

Bucerius Kunst Forum

Located in the heart of Hamburg next to the Rathaus, the Bucerius Kunst Forum invites its visitors to take part in a stimulating encounter with artistic masterpieces. Interpreted from a contemporary perspective, international art from ancient to modern times is shown in four rotating exhibition each year. Since its foundation in 2002, the Bucerius Kunst Forum has become one of the leading exhibition houses in northern Germany.

All exhibitions are supplemented with a versatile program of events: Concerts, lectures, readings and discussions illustrate the subject of each exhibition from the perspective of the various arts. You can visit the website here.

picture credit

Joan Miró (1893-1983): Le cheval, la pipe et la fleur rouge (Das Pferd, die Pfeife und die rote Blume), 1920, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia