Inspiration (or assassination!) from a master

I just had to share this inspirational micro-site showing the work of Joan Miro. So much happens in the now that sometimes you forget the old masters who are no longer here. But they have lots to teach us, and Miro is someone I’m really tapping into at the moment.

I’ve always loved Miro for his simplicity, the boldness of colour, his textual compositions & defiantly strong lines. I especially adore the dynamic he creates through his cut paper collages and fine line work. He was forever experimenting – a great reminder to me to challenge myself on a regular basis.

This exhibition, from MOMA, showcases his work from 1927-37, a period encompassing the end of the Roaring Twenties and a darkening of the mood in Europe as World War II became first a possibility, then inevitable. In 1927 he said he wanted to “assassinate painting”. As the intro to this old exhibition says, such aesthetic “murder” is one of the profound achievements of his art.