Joan Miró Sculpture - MIRÓ THE SCULPTOR: ELEMENTS OF NATURE Art Book | Figurative Abstract Art Collection | Perfect for Art Lovers, Collectors & Home Decor

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Joan Miró202012Acquavella Galleries

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Josep Llorens Artigas

1949

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Art catalog documenting the sculptural work of Joan Miró. Particularly works inspired by nature.

“May my sculptures be confused with the elements of nature, trees, rocks, roots, mountains, plants, flowers.” —Joan Miro

We are delighted to present this exhibition of twenty-three bronze sculptures by Joan Miró. Though we have exhibited work by Miró for decades, this is our first show dedicated to the artist's work in sculpture.

It was not until late in Miró's storied career that he devoted himself to the medium of sculpture, making his first freestanding works after World War II. After working in ceramics with his friend Josep Llorens Artigas, Miró modeled his first sculptures in clay which were then cast in bronze. In these works, Miró created fantastical, biomorphic figures that celebrated the natural world and his deep connection to the Catalan countryside.

In 1949, Miró found a new direction that would galvanize his sculptural practice and guide much of his later work in the medium. He had long enjoyed collecting objects on his country walks, and one day, while walking in Mont-roig, he came across a rock which, when he brought it back to his studio, he reimagined as a head and later had cast in bronze. Miró then began imaginatively and spontaneously combining his found objects to create assemblages, transforming the elements into poetic and suggestive sculptures that would be cast in bronze. With their origins in the natural world, Miró intended for his sculptures to be one with the landscape. He declared, "May my sculptures be confused with the elements of nature, trees, rocks, roots, mountains, plants, flowers." Throughout his career, Miró's profound connection with the landscape, first at the small Catalan town of Mont-roig and later at Mallorca, decisively influenced his life and work.

In the exhibition, they have endeavored to contextualize Miró's sculptures in the landscape that so inspired him, placing the works against panoramic views of the Mallorcan seaside, the Catalan countryside, and his family's home outside Barcelona in Mont-roig, where Miró worked throughout his career. The Mont-roig farmhouse, known as the Mas Miró, which includes one of the artist's three preserved studios, opened to the public in 2018.