1/19/2024 0 Comments Semaine detox apres excesDona i Ocell (Woman and Bird) by Joan Miro (1) As we were in Spain yesterday, sitting at the theatre cafe Els Quatre Gats, let's stay an extra day and look at a sculpture created by Spanish surrealist Joan Miró (1893-1983). Our special artwork Dona i Ocell ( Woman and Bird) is a 22-metre high sculpture located in the Parc Joan Miró in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was formally dedicated in 1983. The credit for the sculpture is given to Joan Miró but is would be more accurate to say that the work was a collaborative effort between Miró and his friend - ceramicist Joan Gardy Artigas. Miró's designed the sculpture but Artigas was responsible for adding the tiles as he had done for Miró's earlier mural in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Close up of Dona i Ocell by Joan Miro (4) 2 Miró Wall at the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany (3)īut let's have a closer look at Dona i Ocell. The Dona i Ocell sculpture recalls a phallic shape, however the presence of a black vertical incision allows us to perceive the clear reference to womanhood. The original title was Dona-bolet amb barret de lluna (Lady-Mushroom with a Moon Hat). In actual fact, the feminine figure appears to be crowned by a hat finished off with a crescent moon. This is a wonderful piece of art representing Miró’s passion that art is an essential part of everyday life and has always been part of life. He often used the symbolism of a bird which can be seen as a link between Earth, the stars and the universe beyond. Cernes, rveil embrum, tat nauseux, baisse de forme Autant de signes indiquant que notre foie commence fatiguer. Note also the basic primary (red and blue) and complementary colours (yellow and cyan) used in the tiles. There is also a strong primitive mysticism about the sculpture, a return to the past and the bare essence of life.ĭona i Ocell was part a publicly commissioned trilogy that was intended to welcome visitors to Barcelona as they arrived by the sea, from the air or in this case by land.This work was the last of the three sculptures that welcomed Barcelona's tourists. The first was at the airport (below) and it was commissioned in 1968. The intermediate work Pla de l’Os mosaic, welcomes visitors arriving by sea. Joan Miró i Ferrà ( / m ɪ ˈ r oʊ/ mi- ROH, US also / m iː ˈ r oʊ/ mee- ROH, Catalan: 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Spanish The circular mosaic represents the cosmos and was installed in La Rambla in 1976 (below).Escuela de Bellas Artes de la Lotja and Escuela de Arte de Francesco Galí, Circulo Artístico de Sant Lluc, 1907–1913ġ954 Venice Biennale Grand Prize for Graphic Work, Painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981.Įarning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism but with a personal style, sometimes also veering into Fauvism and Expressionism. He was notable for his interest in the unconscious or the subconscious mind, reflected in his re-creation of the childlike. His difficult-to-classify works also had a manifestation of Catalan pride.
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