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The Arts Edited by Eugènia Sendra esendra@timeout.cat @eugeniasendra Poetry of the object Discover the ‘anti-paintings’ of Joan Miró in a show at his Foundation. By Eugènia Sendra A pin and a feather. These rudimentary objects that he’d found were all Joan Miró needed to create his first painting-object, ‘Portrait d’une danseuse’. A year earlier, in 1927, the artist had announced his intention to ‘assassinate painting’, and his interest in the new forms of expression that were materialising as sculptures, collages and assemblages. The Joan Miró Foundation explores the artist’s relationship with the world of objects – one that occupied him throughout his career – in a He wanted to break down the distance between painting and life monographic exhibition, Miró and the Object, that presents previously unseen works and reveals his multifarious interests and his visual poetry. ‘He had always collected objects, even before he set out for Paris,’ explains curator William Jeffet, ‘and he incorporated them into his works to break down the distance between painting and life, to mix painting and life together.’ A stone, a Miró Joan Prats, art promoter and personal friend of Miró’s, said it long ago: ‘I pick up a stone and it’s a stone; if Miró picks it up, it’s a Miró.’ The artist gathered all manner of things in his studio, from rocks, pieces of root and other fragments found in nature, which he sometimes included in his work, to manufactured products, including Mallorcan siurells (traditional clay whistle figurines), dolls or tin cans. Part of this collection is on display at the Foundation; it’s also the subject of a book, El Ojo de Miró (Miró’s Eye, 2015) published by La Fábrica. ‘He kept objects as a source of inspiration,’ says Jeffet, ‘gradually building up an imaginary museum, based on his personal poetics, with its roots in Mallorca and Catalonia, and a strong element of the countryside. He also kept objects that served as models for his sculptures.’ Miró studied the objects, sketched them and then composed the final artwork – he left nothing to chance. Miró and the Object covers an extended period, starting with the first still lifes to which Miró stuck images of objects, and taking in the deliberately ripped canvases; the Paris years and his experiments with assemblage; his sculptures of objects cast in bronze; the works he created with his friend ceramicist Josep Lloréns Artigas; and a final, more radical period, in which he burnt his canvases to reveal the stretcher frame beneath, a moment that connects with the Miró retrospective organised by the Musée Pompidou in 1974. ‘Miró presented himself as a young artist, connected to the contemporary scene, and not a relic of the past,’ says Jeffet, who questions the value of showy, spectacular exhibitions, with hardto-see pieces and huge leaps in scale. ‘Small works are as visually arresting and as poetic as large ones.’ Miró knew how to find the materials and formats to express his poetics. Miró i l’objecte is on at the Fundació Joan Miró until January 17, 2016. www.fmirobcn.org 42 Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & bcnshop.com ‘Projet pour un monument’ includes a bell, iron and towel PROJET POUR UN MONUMENT (1951) © SUCCESSIÓ MIRÓ/ ADAGP, PARIS
Seasonal sounds Back in the mid-17th century, when Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan, ruled England, all Christmas festivities were outlawed, which meant no carols. Imagine no Christmas. Imagine a December without all the old faves playing over and over. All right, maybe that one we could cope with, but surely one of the best ways to feel the joys of the season is through music. It’s a time of year that is loaded with melodies, from traditional tunes to nostalgic pop songs. They bring back memories of family gatherings, get parties going and, yes, drive shoppers a little bit crazy. Across Barcelona this month various Christmas concerts are taking place in some of the city’s most iconic venues, giving you the chance to enjoy a magical concert in wonderful surroundings. At the Liceu opera house on Sundays 20 and 27, a prestigious children’s choir take to the stage as part of a rendition of a classic festive Catalan tale, Els Pastorets (The Shepherds). Handel’s Messiah is a peerless Christmas performance, and you can choose between two FROZEN BIRDS Swan Lake is a great Christmas favourite for all ages – enjoy a new take on the ballet with an ‘on ice’ performance. Fri 11, Sat 12. Auditori Fòrum, CCIB. www.eurospectacles.com DANCE SPECIALS interpretations this year – the rst takes place at the beautiful Palau de la Música Catalana (Thu 10), and the second in the lovely basilica of Santa Maria del Mar (Fri 18). The Palau is also the setting for New Year (Sun 20, Fri 25, Sun 27 and Thu 31) and St. Stephen’s Day (Sat 26) concerts of classical music. L’Auditori plays host to a variety of musical events during the Christmas period. First on the bill is a twonight run of ‘The Magic of Broadway for Christmas’ (Sat 19, Sun 20) featuring songs and overtures from some of the world’s best-known musicals such as The Sound of Music and Annie, plus a number of Disney hits. Families shouldn’t miss the unusual but doubtless entertaining combination of clown and clarinet in ‘Clown Leandre i els Barcelona Clarinet Players’ (Sun 27-Tue 29, pictured). –Hannah Pennell FOOTNOTE If you’re around at the start of January, the Palau and Auditori continue their season of festive events. FLYING HIGH For a change to the typical Christmas night telly, head to the Liceu for an acrobatic version of The Nutcracker. Fri 25, 9.30pm. Gran Teatre del Liceu. www.promoconcert.es Capturing a century Revel in a series of fashion photos taken for magazines and advertising campaigns between 1903 and 2013 at this new exhibition at Barcelona’s Design Museum. The images come from the museum’s archive of fashion photography, and highlight how not only clothing, accessories, hairstyles and make-up have changed over the decades, but also camera techniques and technology. The work of 35 photographers is featured, stunning testimonies to the designers and stylists involved. One of those in the show is Oriol Maspons, whose career included work for Paris Match and French Elle, as well as commissions with a literary spin, such as the cover photo for an edition of Poet in New York by Federico García Lorca. Another is Leopold Pomés, a multitalented artist and self-taught photographer, who in the 1960s Being true to oneself This month the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya stages El público (translated into English as either The Public or The Audience) by Federico García Lorca. Written between 1929 and 1930, it sees the Spanish playwright use the theatre world to explore conicts between public and private personas, the repression of desire, and the importance of doing whatever one wants. Lorca struggled with such issues himself, torn between the public representation of himself as a successful poet and the pressures co-founded a Barcelona omelette restaurant called, ttingly, Flash Flash. –H.P. Distinció. Un segle de is at the Museu del Disseny (Pl. de les Glòries Catalanes, 37-38) until March 27, 2016. www.museudeldisseny.cat he felt as a homosexual. It’s a surrealist work, moving between ction and reality, where identities are in constant metamorphosis. There is no known complete manuscript of El público in existence, and it wasn’t published or performed until 40 years after Lorca’s death in the early days of the Spanish Civil War. –H.P. El público is performed in Spanish at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (Pl. de les Arts, 1) from Dec 17 to Jan 3. www.tnc.cat TEATRE NACIONAL DE CATALUNYA ORIOL MASPONS. VESTIT DE PERTEGAZ, BARCELONA 1966 Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & bcnshop.com 43
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