If you tell me there's a Miro show on, and if its out of the way, I typically wont have gone. I will think to myself 'I would have seen it all'. But I am so glad I went to the Tate Modern exhibition - its a showcase of great curatorial research, and presented a different side of a very well known artist. His early works, where you can already see hints of the mid-career red/yellow/blue flow-y Surrealist style, were fascinating - and doesnt the portraits and use of colors felt very Francis Bacon-like? Bacon is 16 years Miro's junior, so guess he's seen Miro's works?
Overall there arent many 'iconic Miro' in the show. But the sculptures were splendid and less often seen; the recreation of the cathedral setting for a series of large vibrant color paintings were amazing. Most of all, the late-career works where he lit up and 'burnt' the painting were powerful and smartly displayed, hanging in mid air for you to 'see through' them! (Seems Cai Guoqiang's gunpowder practice came at a similar time, around these Miro works from 1973? - of course gunpowder is not fire, but CQG's 'similar' experimentation came 11 years later, in 1984)
Only if we have shows like this in HK in the future WKCD...!
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