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Calder and Miro: Two Artists of a Century |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Joanna Shaw-Eagle |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2005 |
| Size: 737 Words, 4,920 Characters |
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The danger of presenting two artists in a single show is that the work of one can overwhelm the other. This is just what happens in "Calder Miro," at the Phillips Collection, where the sculptures of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) outshine the paintings of Joan Miro (1893-1983). The show comprises more than 100 paintings, sculptures, collages, and drawings by the two artists, who sustained a friendship that lasted from the 1920s in Paris, through the 1930s in Spain, to the New York of the 1950s.
Walking through the exhibit, my gaze fell most often on the linear gyrations in Calder's early circuses and toys, ...
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...until 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays, and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays
TICKETS: $13 adults, $11 students and seniors, free for Phillips' members and children under 19. Weekend rates are $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors Call 800/551-SEAT or www.ticketmaster.com.
INFORMATION: Call 202/387-2151 or visit online at phillipscollection.org
© 2004 News World Communications Inc.
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