Carota 1978

Joan Miró made ‘Carota’ and in it, he's letting shapes and colors play together like kids in a sandbox. There's a process to it, sure, but mostly it's about letting things happen. I’m drawn to the bold, black lines that define the form, but then look closer – it's a playground of color, right? Reds, yellows, blues, greens – all hanging out in the same space. There's texture in those splatters, like Miró was flicking the paint around, and it feels so spontaneous. And then those eyes. Those red, cartoonish eyes that follow you! It's funny because even though it's abstract, it feels so alive, like a face staring back at you from another dimension. I see echoes of artists like Paul Klee in Miró's work, that same kind of playful, childlike wonder. But Miró brings his own wild energy, making something that’s both simple and deeply strange.