Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), hosts a comprehensive exhibition consisting of the Catalan artist and sculptor Joan Miró, born in Barcelona....
Joan Miró
Miró made his first visit to Paris in 1920 (February-June), where Josep Dalmau tried to organize an exhibition for him.
He visited Picasso.
The exhibition focuses on woman, bird and star themes of Miró, who was heavily inspired by his observations on the Mediterranean geography and people.
At the beginning of the following year, he returned to Paris, settling in the rue Blomet studio lent (or rented) by the sculptor Pablo Gargallo, next door to André Masson's studio. From then on, he divided his time between Paris in winter and Mon-troig in summer.
In the summer of 1921, he undertook La Ferme, the masterpiece of his détailliste period, with great attention to the material and texture of objects. The work was acquired in November 1925 by Ernest Hemingway (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Miró met many writers and poets through André Masson, whose studio was a place of almost daily impromptu meetings.
"Rue Blomet was, above all, about friendship, exchange and exalted discovery through a wonderful group of friends.
Michel Leiris, who remained my dearest friend, and Roland Tual, Georges Limbour and Armand Salacrou