This monographic exhibition is the first specific inquiry into the role of the object in the work of Joan Miró. Curated by William Jeffet, Miró and the Object looks at how the artist began with pictorial representations of objects and then moved on to physically incorporating them in his works through collage and assemblage, before finally arriving at sculpture.
Open Day at Fundació Joan Miró on the occasion of La Mercè festivity.
This monographic exhibition is the first specific inquiry into the role of the object in the work of Joan Miró. Curated by William Jeffet, Miró and the Object looks at how the artist began with pictorial representations of objects and then moved on to physically incorporating them in his works through collage and assemblage, before finally arriving at sculpture.
about "Free guided tour of the temporary exhibition Miró and the Object"
This video documents the tribute which the Fundació Joan Miró paid to its first vice-president, Professor Alexandre Cirici Pellicer (1914-1983), on 9 July 2015.
Entre dos, performance by Lali Ayguadé. «An object is created and gradually wears out and deteriorates. A person is born with a flexible body and grows old, eventually losing mobility.
Cyanotype is an early monochromatic photographic printing process that can be used to make a cyan-blue copy of an object or an image, known as a blueprint.
In one of his notebooks from the 1940s, Joan Miró jots down some of the projects he would like to pursue: "...create an album with beautiful photographs of objects that I have found and embellish it with a pochoir or a coloured lithograph, with a poetic text or poem, or even a poem of my own.
Launch of the book by Àlex Fernández de Castro, with the participation of Rosa Maria Malet, Director of the Fundació Joan Miró; Elena Juncosa, coordinator of the Mas Miró project, and Carme Manuel, Director of the Biblioteca Javier Coy d’Estudis Nord-americans and Professor of English Philology at the University of Valencia.
Launch of the Lesson 0 publication and of the Catalan and Spanish translations of the book ¿Y el arte? by Priscila Fernandes The publication documenting the Lesson 0 exhibition program includes all related activities held at Espai 13 and beyond the walls of the Fundació.
about "Launch of the Lesson 0 publication and ¿Y el arte? by Priscila Fernandes"
In this publication, the author Antonio Ortega traces the genealogy of DIY art practices from the 1960s until the present. To do so, he calls upon a personal selection of artists who gave a new turn to their work process allowing them to gain authority over the narrative.
about "Launch of the publication Self-organization. DIY Practices"
The modern movement and contemporary art Wednesday, 13 April 2016 Fundació Joan Miró 19.00 Presentation of the guide map Arquitectura d’avantguarda a Barcelona.
about "Avant-garde architecture in Barcelona. The art and design of GATCPAC"
El Palomar’s project for the Espai 13 exhibition programme When Lines are Time revolves around the creation of a critical moment and its subsequent disintegration.
