L’Enfance d’Ubu 1975

Joan Miró created "L’Enfance d’Ubu" using an abstract style, and the piece reflects the artist’s engagement with the absurd and the theatrical. Miró was working in a world scarred by war, and this piece shows a turn towards the nonsensical as a form of expression. The artwork presents simplified, almost childlike figures, rendered in bold lines and vibrant colors. These forms evoke a sense of playfulness, but also hint at something unsettling beneath the surface. The characters seem to dance between joy and a more chaotic reality. Miró once said, “I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.” The cultural context of post-war Europe infuses the work, where artists grappled with disillusionment, and also with the burgeoning possibilities of abstraction. The canvas becomes a space where traditional representation is abandoned in favor of exploring the depths of human emotion. The emotional dimension of this work lies in its capacity to evoke a sense of wonder.