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Oiseau solaire, 1966 120 x 180 x 102 cm Bronce Successió Miró. Depositada en la Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca. ©Successió Miró 2018
Exhibition
Joan Miró: Sculptures 1928-1982
20 Mar 2018 – 2 Sep 2018
Cost of entry
Free entry
Address
- Muelle de Albareda s/n
- Jardines de Pereda
- Santander
Cantabria - 39004
- Spain
This is the first international exhibition to examine Miró’s creative process in sculpture. It gathers over one hundred sculptures, original objects and plasters, many of them never seen before.
About
Curated by María José Salazar, a member of Fundación Botín’s Visual Arts Advisory Committee and an expert in the work of Joan Miró, and Joan Punyet Miró, grandson of the artist and public head of Successió Miró, the selection of works ranges from his first piece, created in 1928, to his last one in 1982. Also on view are all the materials used by the artist in his work: iron, bronze, wood, paint, fibreglass, polyurethane, or synthetic resins. Also included in the show is a selection of the private collection of small odd objects that Miró treasured – once kept on the shelves of his library, they somehow represent the basis of his sculptural vision, and have now been generously lent by his family.
Most pieces come from the private collection of the Miró family, Fundació Miró of Barcelona and Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró of Mallorca. Others have been ceded by international institutions, with particular mention to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation in New York, Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and Galerie Lelong in París; and also, in Spain, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Fundación “La Caixa” and the Government of the Balearic Islands.
