Femmes, homme 1931

Joan Miró made this painting, Femmes, homme, with oil paint and probably a lot of intuition! It is kind of strange to think of what it might have been like to be Miró making this, in that moment. The ochre background feels like a sun-drenched landscape, with floating figures emerging from the surface. Look how Miró applies the paint, it is so tactile, thick in places, thin in others. I love the red triangle on the right. It’s so bold and confident. It's as if he's saying, "Here I am!" The curved lines make me think of Calder's mobiles, dancing in the air. The black lines seem to delineate space and form, creating a sense of depth and movement. Thinking about the making of paintings, it’s a way of exchanging ideas across time, inspiring one another's creativity and reminding us that painting is all about embodied expression and multiple interpretations.