Miró. The Flaming Heart: PARIS
Past exhibition
Overview
Joan Miró, Toile brûlée 2, 1973, acrylic on burnt canvas, 130 x 195 cm, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, on loan from a Private Collection © Successió Miró, 2022
Mayoral is honoured to present an exhibition that traces Joan Miró’s philosophical and revolutionary use of fire as a material to be deployed to “assassinate painting.”
"I painted these paintings in a frenzy,
with real violence so that people will know
that I’m alive, that I’m breathing,
that I still have a few more places to go.
I’m heading in new directions.”
- Joan Miró , 1978
Its centerpiece is Toile brûlée 2, one of five iconic burnt and lacerated canvases executed in December 1973 at the age of 80, graciously loaned to us by Joan Punyet Miró and the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona.
Jordi Mayoral notes: “This is one of the most radical paintings that Miró ever created, it truly captures the audacity and spirit of his fiery Catalan heart, and we are proud to be able to share what we consider one of Barcelona’s crown jewels with Matignon as part of this exhibition to mark our third anniversary in Paris.”
The creation of the burnt canvases was documented by Francesc Català-Roca whose short film will be on view alongside this powerful masterpiece together with a selection of works on paper, canvas and a ceramic dating from the 1950s and ‘60s, which have felt the effects of a burning flame and reflect this tension between destruction and creation.
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