Joan Miro, Poster for Sobreteixims Exhibition, 1973
Joan Miró and Alexander Calder were two of the greatest Modern artists of the 20th Century. Both consumed with a love for distinct colours and manipulated shapes, an artistic dialogue and friendship existed between the two for decades. Their artistic relationship began after the artists met in Paris in 1928, where they mixed in the same circles and, more often than not, exhibited at the same galleries.
Their synergy is evident in many of the works they produced, regardless of medium. In 1936, The New York Times described Calder's mobiles as “living Miró abstractions”.
Their unique creative harmony is perfectly represented by the body of works Constellations, which each artist simultaneously created during WWII, whilst on opposite sides of the world with no way to communicate. Constellations not only confirmed that they had the same artistic ideas, but it also demonstrated the symmetry in how they thought and acted. While Calder made the decision himself to name his series Constellations, initially, Miró only used the term to refer to one of his paintings. However, by the end of the 1950s, both Miró and Calder’s works were known by the same name. Their similarity was (and is) too significant to ignore.
In celebration of this unique union, Hidden has placed our latest finds from these artists together.
Their synergy is evident in many of the works they produced, regardless of medium. In 1936, The New York Times described Calder's mobiles as “living Miró abstractions”.
Their unique creative harmony is perfectly represented by the body of works Constellations, which each artist simultaneously created during WWII, whilst on opposite sides of the world with no way to communicate. Constellations not only confirmed that they had the same artistic ideas, but it also demonstrated the symmetry in how they thought and acted. While Calder made the decision himself to name his series Constellations, initially, Miró only used the term to refer to one of his paintings. However, by the end of the 1950s, both Miró and Calder’s works were known by the same name. Their similarity was (and is) too significant to ignore.
In celebration of this unique union, Hidden has placed our latest finds from these artists together.
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February 22, 2022
