Alot of people see art and think 'a 5 year old could do that'. This is what many people think of Spanish artist Joan Miró's work. I went to the Baluard art gallery in Palma and there was a large collection of Miró's work there, and while it is understandable that people think his work is childish, colourful and easy, to me it seems inspired, imaginative, and expressive. Reading about the history behind his work is even more interesting and also further shows his imagination, as he wrote books based around his character 'Ubú', as well as later collaborating on a play.
This is what really makes Miró an interesting artist - his use of different medians, from sculpture to painting to written work, show him to be an accomplished artist instead of a '5 year old'. I found myself easy engaged with the art, the strong use of primary colours and surrealism reminding me of his fellow Spanish artist's Dalí and Picasso. It seems that the Spanish have a theme when it comes to post 1900 art - colour and nonsense.
Miró's art is friendly, it invites you to hang around infront of it for a little longer than normal. The fact that his works were all presented together also added to this as there was so much to take in in just one place. Before this exhibition I didnt really know much about Miró, but it turns out he was a great influence on art - both surrealism and expressionism, and when you look around the rest of the gallery you can see how his work has influenced others.
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