Untitled [plate LXVIII] 1958

This is an untitled print by Joan Miró, full of dancing shapes and colors. Imagine Miró in his studio, probably in the south of France, surrounded by sun and color. I imagine him moving around, working on a flat surface, perhaps a table, improvising, with the plate in front of him. The red, yellow, and blue are primal, and the black seems to anchor the composition. It feels like a playground. The textured blue circle makes me think of the cosmos, and then my eye is drawn to the yellow mark, like a flash of sun, and the long arc of red hanging in the air. What a playful gesture! It makes me smile, this way of thinking about space and form, a kind of painting that opens you up. It’s a reminder that art is a conversation, always in motion.