Joan Miró: New Beginnings Cat. ZPK Zentrum Paul Klee Bern

Joan Miró is known for his colourful dream worlds. Especially after he was at long last able to move into his own large studio in Palma de Mallorca in 1954, the Catalan artist extended his concept of painting in a previously unfamiliar way. He felt that his conventional easel painting had become constraining, and he sought new expressive forms. Henceforth, for example, rather than using the brush he began ‘ painting’ with fire and scissors. The great admirer of Paul Klee never tired of questioning his own artistic practice and constantly trying out new techniques and materials. This moment of self-criticism and new beginning, which started with his move to the new studio in Palma, forms the starting point for the exhibition and this book.

Teresa Montaner is a curator oft he Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, she is member oft he jury fort he Pilar Juncosa Grant, and was very successful in Spain 2021 with the show on Miró , Gaudí , Gomis. Joan Miró (1893– 1983) was a Catalan painter who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy. His mature style evolved from the tension between his fanciful, poetic impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life. He worked extensively in lithography and produced numerous murlas, tapestries, and sculptures for public spaces. Fabienne Eggelhö fer (born 1974) has been appointed in 2017 as chief curator and head of collection, exhibitions and research at the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern. From 2005 to 2017 she was curator for modern and contemporary art at the Zentrum Paul Klee where she realized numerous temporary exhibitions and collection displays. In 2012 she completed a research project on Paul Klee’ s teaching at the Bauhaus that culminated in an online database of Klee’ s teaching notes. Patricia Juncosa Vechhierini is an art hisorian and the curator oft he Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation in Mallorca. She is considered an expert on Miró , especially his years on Mallorca, where the Foundation now maintains his former studio building as a museum.