JOAN MIRÓ
Joan Miró
1893 Barcelona – 1983 Palma
Joan Miró is born as the son of a goldsmith and watchmaker. He starts drawing at the age of seven, but enrols in commercial school at his father’s behest. Nevertheless, he also attends courses at the La Llotja Academy of Art in Barcelona and then at the Academia Gali. At his father’s insistence, he first works as an accountant in a drugstore. A nervous breakdown forces him to give up this activity. Miró retires to the farm newly acquired by the family and studies at the private art school Escola d’Art from 1912 to 1915. There, he learns about modern French art and the art of the famous architect Antoni Gaudí. From 1913 to 1918 he studies at the free drawing academy Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc.
Exhibitions
15 December 2011 – 12 February 2012
Form und Material
The sculptures of Tony Cragg, born in Liverpool in 1949, are characterized by an unusual diversity in choice of materials and design, which – influenced by Minimal Art, Land Art, Conceptual Art, but also Arte Povera – develop a very independent and singular language, rich in content and visual translations.
Surrounding the sculpture are works by Ben Nicholson, Franz Gertsch, Gustave Courbet, Antoni Tàpies, Fritz Klemm, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, René Wirths, and Stefan Bohnhoff, who likewise achieve idiosyncratic artistic effects with different materials. The translucent paintings of the Japanese-German artist Leiko Ikemura in her meditative language give this show a contemplative conclusion.