Untitled [plate LXIV] 1958

This is an untitled print by Joan Miró, and it looks like he's just letting things happen with some basic shapes and colours. There’s a star, a ring, a few lines – simple and straightforward. What strikes me is the texture, how the red circle looks almost stippled, like it's made of tiny dots. The surface has a kind of handmade feel, not too slick or polished. You can almost feel the pressure of the printmaking. This way of working, making things from simple acts, is what art is about, after all. Take that little green circle, for example. It's just hanging out there, connected to nothing, but it balances the whole piece. Miró lets the elements float around each other, each with its own weight. It’s like a reminder that art can be both serious and playful, full of possibilities rather than fixed meanings. It makes me think of Paul Klee, who also embraced the childlike and the whimsical in his search for new forms of expression.