Very often we think of our lives in terms of the future: "next year I will graduate," "next week I will start my job," tonight I am going out." And we are surprised and sad when all of a sudden we realize that a year has gone by and didn't notice. However, it is hard to focus on the present moment even when we try.
Miró manages to catch a moment in all its splendor. His works are not like those of Picasso, where cubism describes a few sides of a moment or the immediate past and future of that moment. In fact, Miró's art is generally abstract enough for the viewer to be unable to guess the next action in a particular painting. So the image is still, almost stopped. And yet it is so vibrant and vividly described that it is not frozen. The image is filled with life and action through the details.
In this way Miró builds a whole and complete present, without the need of basing it on any other moment in time.
Miró manages to catch a moment in all its splendor. His works are not like those of Picasso, where cubism describes a few sides of a moment or the immediate past and future of that moment. In fact, Miró's art is generally abstract enough for the viewer to be unable to guess the next action in a particular painting. So the image is still, almost stopped. And yet it is so vibrant and vividly described that it is not frozen. The image is filled with life and action through the details.
In this way Miró builds a whole and complete present, without the need of basing it on any other moment in time.
Joan Miró
The Red Sun 1924
Phillips Collection
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