Author Description

Joan Miró (1893-1983) started working with sculpture during the course of his formative years, around 1912 to 1915; it is a particularly personal and free body of work and portrays a world of its own, sometimes termed as Mironian.0Miró moved to Paris in 1920. His approach to sculpture, in terms of forms, volumes and use of a range of materials, is rooted in the Avant-Garde, and more specifically in Dadaism - with the use of everyday ready-made objects - and in Surrealism, which led him to synthesise forms while finding his idiom in the oneiric, in dreams.0His first foray into sculpture began in 1928, when his production of two-dimensional works with collage led him to three-dimensional pieces. This period signifies a turning point, a time of pursuit and change, which also lead him towards more synthetic forms.00Exhibition: Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (20.03.-02.09.2018).