Antoni Llena creates a constellation with Miró’s drawings
For this show, the artist has chosen the works that spark the most aesthetic frisson in him.
Probably not too many people know that the collection at the Joan Miró Foundation includes almost 8,000 drawings by this Barcelona artist. Yet because of their fragile state, these pieces have only been exhibited a handful of times. Starting on 7 February, you will have the chance to see a small sample of them, 150 drawings which the artist Antoni Llena will assemble into a constellation. The exhibition will be entitled Miró: Antoni Llena Constellation, and its author selected the works based on the aesthetic frisson the drawings spark in him, and, as he recounts, by choosing those in which he recognises himself.
This sweeping constellation will occupy an entire gallery at the Joan Miró Foundation until 7 June. The artist used graphite pencil, charcoal and pastels, among other techniques, in the majority of his drawings. However, he also used ink pen and coloured pencils in his later works. Visitors may recognise fragments of some of Miró’s iconic works; indeed, many of these drawings are sketches of what would later become large paintings. However, there are no doubt others which were meant to be sketches or preparatory drawings for major works that never materialised.
The layout of the constellation designed by Llena seeks to showcase the opposing concepts that coexist in Miró’s work, and the goal is to fill the entire gallery in an immersive fashion. The exhibition also features two works by Antoni Llena himself.
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