Joan Miró, oil on panel, 1969
Catalan Joan Miró, the leading surrealist of the experimental playground (between heaven and earth), quickly became world-famous. The painter and sculptor brought us a body of work full of colour and symbolism that makes our subconscious dream of childhood. Miró’s art was not conventional, had no rules nor aesthetics. Those who consider it naive are wrong. This artist overwhelmed the art world with a magically powerful personality. In 1975, the city of Barcelona opened a Miró Foundation, it embodies one of the most unique artists of the 20th century.
This ‘untitled’ artwork connects earth and sky. Miró created his art like a sponge, absorbing many influences from his time and previous art history. He reinterpreted cave paintings but also his hatred for the dictatorial Franco regime in his hometown. He perforated this artwork with several powerful three-dimensional signs of anger and left the pressed wooden base partly unpainted dormant as a political statement. Miró’s art is a fascinating puppetry versus the Spanish dictatorship of his time. The human figures, animals, stars, and celestial bodies simultaneously insinuate his religious spirituality.
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