The idea for the foundation was made in 1968 by Joan Miró. Miró formed the foundation with his friend Joan Prats.[1] Miró wanted to create a new building that would encourage particularly younger artists to experiment with contemporary art. The building was designed by Josep Lluís Sert to ensure that this work could also be made available to the public and exhibited. He designed the building with courtyards and terraces and to create a natural path for visitors to move through the building.
Building began on the mountain of Montjuïc and the foundation opened on 10 June 1975. Not only was the architect a close friend of Miró but so was the first president Joaquim Gomis and Miró was amongst the first board. It was claimed that the new foundation represented a new way of viewing the concept of a museum and how the people of Barcelona could relate to their cultural heritage.[2]
In line with Miró's original idea the Foundation has a space named "Espai 13" which is dedicated to promoting the work of young experimental artists. Many curators have been in charge of that program, including Frederic Montornes, Monica Regàs, and Ferran Barenblit, who was later Director of MACBA. Although there is also work by Peter Greenaway, Chillida, René Magritte, Rothko, Tàpies and Saura.
The collection includes Alexander Calder's 4 Wings and Mercury Fountain. The Mercury Fountain uses the liquid metal mercury to create a fountain. As mercury is poisonous, the fountain is kept behind glass to protect the visitors.[3]
The museum uses QRpedia to allow visitors to read Wikipedia articles about objects in the collection, translated into their preferred language.[4]
Joan Miró Prizeedit
Since 2007, the Fundació Joan Miró – initially with support from Fundació Caixa Girona, later Stavros Niarchos Foundation – have been jointly bestowing the Joan Miró Prize with a total volume of 70,000 euros to a contemporary artist every other year. Previous recipients have included:
fundació, joan, miró, catalan, centre, estudis, contemporani, fundəsiˈo, ʒuˈam, miˈɾo, joan, miró, foundation, centre, studies, contemporary, museum, modern, honoring, joan, miró, located, hill, called, montjuïc, barcelona, catalonia, spain, established1975loc. The Fundacio Joan Miro Catalan Fundacio Joan Miro Centre d Estudis d Art Contemporani fundesiˈo ʒuˈam miˈɾo Joan Miro Foundation Centre of Studies of Contemporary Art is a museum of modern art honoring Joan Miro located on the hill called Montjuic in Barcelona Catalonia Spain Fundacio Joan MiroEstablished1975LocationMontjuic in BarcelonaDirectorMarko DanielPublic transit accessMontjuic FunicularWebsiteFundacio Joan Miro website Contents 1 History 2 Works by Joan Miro 3 Collection 4 Joan Miro Prize 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory editThe idea for the foundation was made in 1968 by Joan Miro Miro formed the foundation with his friend Joan Prats 1 Miro wanted to create a new building that would encourage particularly younger artists to experiment with contemporary art The building was designed by Josep Lluis Sert to ensure that this work could also be made available to the public and exhibited He designed the building with courtyards and terraces and to create a natural path for visitors to move through the building Building began on the mountain of Montjuic and the foundation opened on 10 June 1975 Not only was the architect a close friend of Miro but so was the first president Joaquim Gomis and Miro was amongst the first board It was claimed that the new foundation represented a new way of viewing the concept of a museum and how the people of Barcelona could relate to their cultural heritage 2 nbsp 4 Wings by Alexander Calder in the gardenExpansion in 1986 to the building added an auditorium and a library which holds some of the 10 000 items in the Foundation and Miro s collection Works by Joan Miro editMany of the works in the building were donated by the artist himself 3 Highlights include The wing of the lark 1967 Hermitage of San Juan Huerta 1917 Street Pedralbes 1917 Portrait of a boy 1919 Painting the white gloves 1925 Flame in space and Naked woman 1932 Character 1934 Man and Woman in Front of a Pile of Excrement 1935 Naked woman climbing a staircase 1937 No 1937 The Morning Star 1940 Barcelona Series 1944 The Diamond smiles at twilight 1947 1948 The Caress of a Bird 1967 The gold of the azure 1967 Painting on white to a solitary cell I II III 1968 Figure in front of the sun 1968 Catalan peasant by moonlight 1968 Miro s Chicago 1968 Character 1970 May 1968 1968 1973 Tapestry of the Fundacio 1979Collection editIn line with Miro s original idea the Foundation has a space named Espai 13 which is dedicated to promoting the work of young experimental artists Many curators have been in charge of that program including Frederic Montornes Monica Regas and Ferran Barenblit who was later Director of MACBA Although there is also work by Peter Greenaway Chillida Rene Magritte Rothko Tapies and Saura The collection includes Alexander Calder s 4 Wings and Mercury Fountain The Mercury Fountain uses the liquid metal mercury to create a fountain As mercury is poisonous the fountain is kept behind glass to protect the visitors 3 The museum uses QRpedia to allow visitors to read Wikipedia articles about objects in the collection translated into their preferred language 4 Joan Miro Prize editSince 2007 the Fundacio Joan Miro initially with support from Fundacio Caixa Girona later Stavros Niarchos Foundation have been jointly bestowing the Joan Miro Prize with a total volume of 70 000 euros to a contemporary artist every other year Previous recipients have included 2007 Olafur Eliasson 5 2009 Pipilotti Rist 6 2011 Mona Hatoum 7 2013 Roni Horn 2015 Ignasi Aballi 2017 Kader Attia 8 2019 Nalini Malani 9 See also editList of museums in Barcelona List of single artist museums Joan Miro The Ladder of Escape Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro in MallorcaReferences edit Bryant Sue 2008 Barcelona p 78 p 128 ISBN 978 1 84773 104 3 Sert P 8 a b Fundacio Joan Miro Barcelona de accessed September 2011 Hinojo Alex 2011 05 11 QRpedia Codes at Fundacio Joan Miro The GLAM Wiki Experience Archived from the original on 21 March 2012 Retrieved 25 August 2011 Olafur Eliasson Wins Joan Miro Prize Artforum 30 April 2007 Joan Miro Prize Awarded to Pipilotti Rist Artforum 31 March 2009 Mona Hatoum Wins 2011 Joan Miro Prize Artforum 9 February 2011 Kader Attia Awarded 2017 Joan Miro Prize for Post Colonial Work Artforum 12 October 2017 Alex Greenberger 23 May 2019 Nalini Malani Wins 77 800 Joan Miro Prize ARTnews 41 22 07 N 2 09 36 E 41 36861 N 2 16000 E 41 36861 2 16000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fundacio Joan Miro amp oldid 1179072212, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
