She is considered to be one of the first Catalan conceptual artists. In the early seventies, she began creating art in the natural environment featuring a social critique of the latter years of the Francoist regime, as well as a dialogue between nature itself and artificiality. In the late nineties – following a period travelling through South America and Europe – she settled in Cadaqués, where she took up action art and performance once again.
Miró’s work offers one of the most unique visions of the surrealist current and reflects the constant interest in the subconscious, the dream world, childhood memories and the Catalan land. A painter, sculptor, ceramist and engraver who, from detailed essays and almost calligraphic conceptions imbued with innovative trends from Paris, comes into contact with the surrealists which leads towards a synthetic and expressive approach. Joan Miró generated a visual language and an iconography that became standards of poetic compositions that subtly combine figure and signs, and that reached their maximum simplification through colour and essential forms. One of the artist’s most significant contributions was the creation of the Fundació Joan Miró, designed by Josep Lluís Sert in 1975 and dedicated to disseminating the prevailing artistic trends and promoting Catalan artists.
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