It has been a while since I posted any of my Miro pages from my study book.
I like the exagerated arms and gestures. I think it is very daring and shocking to have
the caracter sticking out his tongue.
"Gradually Miro became more and more disgusted with the commercialization of art, with "the guy who buys a canvas as an investment." He even burned some of his canvases, in part for "the joy of being able to say merde to people who see art only for its commercial value," he told the journalist Santiago Amon.
Through out his career, Miro had considered the artwork itself as being only the means to a spiritual end, "Besides," he onced asked, "do I have to remind you that what I detest most is what is lasting?: What is lasting, in this centenary retrospective, is more than indivual works; it is the evidence of Miro's uncompromising path toward self discovery."
from Arts and Antiques October 1993
