The Gold of the Azure 1967

Joan Miró painted “The Gold of the Azure” with oil on canvas, and looking at the surface, I can imagine him at work, the painting shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. I sympathize with Miró, thinking about what it might have been like to create this. Look how a big fuzzy blue shape dominates the canvas, embraced by a sweeping, confident black line. What does it mean? Well, what does anything mean? I think about how Miró made a world out of a few simple gestures. The yellow background is like a sunny day and the floating black shapes are having a party. It reminds me a little of Paul Klee’s sense of play. Ultimately, artists are in an ongoing conversation, inspiring one another’s creativity. Painting is a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations and meanings. Just feel it!