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June Issue 2006
Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery in Charleston, SC, Features Wo rks by Joan Miró
In its
second international caliber exhibit of artwork by Modern European
Masters, Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery in Charleston,
SC, is offering an exquisite display of original works by Joan
Miró, on view through June 17, 2006. This superb exhibit
IMAGINE: Graphic and Unique Works by the Spanish Master Joan
Miró features one of the finest presentations of modern
European art available for acquisition on the east coast, and
beautifully reflects the gallery's continued level of museum-quality
offerings.
In a vibrant artistic life spanning nine decades, Miró
(1893-1983) made an indelible mark on the history and images of
twentieth century European art. As the art critic Pierre Gueguen
perceptively notes, "Miró is audacious in a completely
innocent way, with no premeditated intention of provoking anyone.
His pure and simple abandon to the pleasure of imagination is
enough to scandalize some and to dazzle others." IMAGINE
will reflect not only Miró's unique iconographic and artistic
expression within the vocabulary of modern art, but also the touching
virtue and simplicity with which he approached his imagery. Centered
on a tremendous grouping of graphic works culled from an esteemed
southern California collection, IMAGINE presents a multitude
of celebrated examples for Miró's ascendance as one of
the most revered abstract artists of the twentieth century. Paradoxically
though, Miró's own artistic philosophy negated even the
existence of visual abstraction.
Miró's passion and creative innovation in the graphic arts
is beautifully showcased throughout the exhibit. In 1947 Miró
began his exploration with the challenging mediums of multicolor
etchings and lithographs. Up until his death in 1983, Miró
pushed the limits of his own creative genius through artistic
concerns unique to the graphic arts: the presence of linear space,
the display and layering of color, and the depth of composition.
Although the techniques of printmaking and its various mediums
are rooted in nearly one thousand years of experimentation and
production, Miró approached each etching, lithograph, and
variations thereof with revolutionary concepts of imagery. In
short, just as in the beloved expression found in his oil paintings,
Miró allowed his imagination to run free.
Miró's modern approach to the graphic arts is magnificently on display in the color lithograph Le Lezard aux Plumes Díor (1971). Here, the immediacy of primary tonalities accentuates Miró's fluid visualization of a ballet-like performance of sheer strength and lyrical poetry. A second groundbreaking piece to be featured in IMAGINE is the etching and aquatint Fusées (1959). Miró finds an exquisite clarity of vision and biomorphic imagery in Fusées, technically working with properties of etching and aquatint allowing for greater fluidity of expression and tonal depth. Both of these graphic masterpieces epitomize Miró's mastery of technique and his trademark surrealistic visions, which move beyond theories or discourse and into the realm of the imagination.
For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/722-3660 or at (www.ellarichardson.com).
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