La femme arborescente 1974

Joan Miró made this playful print with lithography; just imagine him experimenting with different ways of applying ink to the stone. It’s this mix of chance and intention that gives the work such energy. Those big black shapes really grab you, don’t they? They’re like trees but also feel like figures, maybe dancers caught in a wild, energetic movement. I love how Miró uses these bold forms, and then scatters the space around them with these delicate splashes and floating shapes. It’s as though he’s creating his own language. Miró was always so good at this kind of thing. He looked at reality, sure, but he rearranged it, adding his own spin. And who knows what he was thinking? Maybe the shapes emerged and reminded him of a tree. It’s this freedom that makes his work so exciting. He invites us to play along, to imagine our own stories. That’s the beauty of painting – it’s never really finished, not while there are still eyes to see it.