Untitled [plate XXXI] 1958

This untitled print by Joan Miró is a playful balancing act of simple forms and colours. I can imagine Miró experimenting with the possibilities of printmaking: the textures, the overlaps, and the surprises that come with each pull from the press. That bold blue shape, standing tall and proud! Is it a leaf, a flame, or something entirely otherworldly? It's got these beautiful speckled textures, like it's been kissed by the stars. And then there's the green horseshoe shape, anchored by a series of coloured lines. They seem to dance around it like playful notes on a musical staff. Miró had such a knack for making the abstract feel so alive and full of feeling. His biomorphic shapes and whimsical compositions always feel like they are evolving. Like he’s trying to conjure something from the subconscious. You can see his influence echoed in the works of younger artists who have embraced his love of the surreal and the spontaneous. It makes me think we’re all just chatting away in one big art conversation through time.