The Fundació Joan Miró ( Catalan : Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani [fundəsiˈo ʒuˈam miˈɾo] ; English: Joan Miró Foundation, Centre of Studies of Contemporary Art) is a modern art museum honoring the life and work of the Spanish artist Joan Miró , located on the hill called Montjuïc in Barcelona , Catalonia ( Spain ).
11-438: The idea for the foundation was made in 1968 by Joan Miró. Miró formed the foundation with his friend Joan Prats . Miró wanted to create a new building that would encourage particularly younger artists to experiment with contemporary art. The building was designed by Josep Lluís Sert to ensure that this work could also be made available to the public and exhibited. He designed the building with courtyards and terraces and to create
22-575: A Bird . Prats said: "When I take a stone, it is just a stone. When I grab a stone, it is a Miró." The Caress of a Bird The Caress of a Bird (correctly La Caresse d'un oiseau ) is a 1967 sculpture by Joan Miró made at his studio in Palma de Mallorca . It is part of the permanent collection of the Miró Foundation in Barcelona . The origins of this sculpture are in the early object-sculptures
33-474: A natural path for visitors to move through the building. Building began on the mountain of Montjuïc and the foundation opened on 10 June 1975. Not only was the architect a close friend of Miró but so was the first president Joaquim Gomis and Miró was amongst the first board. It was claimed that the new foundation represented a new way of viewing the concept of a museum and how the people of Barcelona could relate to their cultural heritage. Expansion in 1986 to
44-687: The ADLAN (Amics de l'Art Nou, i.e. Friends of New Art) association, which brought together a variety of different people interested in new trends in the arts. The association lasted from 1932 to 1936 and the beginning of the Spanish Civil War . Miró formed his foundation with Prats, which eventually led to the museum / exhibit hall in Barcelona known as Fundació Joan Miró . Prats admired Miró's ability to make things from found objects like those in The Caress of
55-573: The artist made in Mont-roig del Camp with found objects . The objects found were gathered at his workshop and then shaped into the artist's new world. At first, the objects were not placed in the right place; once the creation started there was a rigorous evaluation of their position by the artist. During the Second World War , Miró was alone in his ancestral home and landscape in Mont-roig del Camp. He
66-553: The building added an auditorium and a library which holds some of the 10,000 items in the Foundation and Miró's collection. Many of the works in the building were donated by the artist himself. Highlights include: In line with Miró's original idea the Foundation has a space named " Espai 13 " which is dedicated to promoting the work of young experimental artists. Many curators have been in charge of that program, including Frederic Montornes , Monica Regàs , and Ferran Barenblit , who
77-652: The collection, translated into their preferred language. Since 2007, the Fundació Joan Miró – initially with support from Fundació Caixa Girona, later Stavros Niarchos Foundation – have been jointly bestowing the Joan Miró Prize with a total volume of 70,000 euros to a contemporary artist every other year. Previous recipients have included: 41°22′07″N 2°09′36″E / 41.36861°N 2.16000°E / 41.36861; 2.16000 Joan Prats Joan Prats ( Barcelona , 1891 - Barcelona , 1970 )
88-645: Was a Catalan art promoter and a close friend of Joan Miró . Joan Prats was born in 1891 to a family who sold hats. He was trained as an artist in the Llotja School , where he first met Joan Miró , who was also training there. Prats organised exhibitions for leading Iberian artists including Salvador Dalí , Pablo Picasso , Alexander Calder and his good friend Miró. He was also associated with Paul Klee , Max Ernst , Josep Vicenç Foix and Joan Brossa . Prats together with rationalist architect Josep Lluis Sert and avant-garde photographer Joaquim Gomis , founded
99-416: Was excluded from his artistic peers and the influence of art galleries, museums and exhibitions. He extracted natural forms and elements into a new artistic language of found object art. Joan Prats , Miró's lifelong friend and collaborator said: "When I take a stone, it is just a stone. When Miró grabs a stone, it is a Miró." In the mid 60s it was realised that the original sculpture was deteriorating and it
110-463: Was later Director of MACBA. Although there is also work by Peter Greenaway , Chillida, René Magritte , Rothko, Tàpies and Saura. The collection includes Alexander Calder 's 4 Wings and Mercury Fountain . The Mercury Fountain uses the liquid metal mercury to create a fountain. As mercury is poisonous, the fountain is kept behind glass to protect the visitors. The museum uses QRpedia to allow visitors to read Misplaced Pages articles about objects in
121-486: Was re-created in bronze by founders in Paris . Miró himself supervised the texture and controlled patina which he considered to be very important. In this humorous sculpture Joan Miró uses easy to identify objects that serve as the basis of the design. The sculpture is over 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall and over 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) wide, but is only 38 cm (15 in) deep. It is constructed from bronze, disguised by
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