Joan Miro, Attributed to, oil on canvas. This is a work by the Spanish surrealist painter Joan Miro (1893-19883). The picture is filled with Milo's signature "childlike symbols" : big eyes, stars, crescent moons, abstract creatures... These symbols are not replicas of real objects, but rather his direct translation of the subconscious world. The seemingly chaotic layout of symbols actually implies an "organic order" : the symbols are connected through lines and dots to form an implicit visual network, like a "subconscious map", which is both free and unrestrained yet contains internal logic, reflecting Miro's philosophical thinking on the coexistence of chaos and order.
Dimensions: All measured values of 32 inches x 49 inches are approximate.
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Note: Big eyes symbolize "curiosity and scrutiny of the world", stars, moons and crescent moons suggest "the boundary between the universe and dreams", and abstract creatures are "the embodiment of inner fantasies". Together, they construct a dreamlike realm that is detached from the logic of reality. This work is like a "fairy tale play of the subconscious". Miro uses symbols and colors as magic wands to build a dreamy world on the canvas where "adults can return and children can resonate", which is a classic footnote in his art of "deconstructing reality with childlike innocence and releasing the subconscious with symbols".