dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler: Joan Miró
titel: Wall painting. Innocent smile (ceramic wall)
jahr: 1969–70
adresse: Osaka World Exhibition Expo '70, gas pavilion / pavilion of the smile, Suita, Osaka, Japan
+: 500x1200 cm (ceramic)
«On the occasion of the Osaka International Exhibition, one of Japan's most important gas companies commissioned a pavilion from Miró. Miró also took part in the exhibition, whose theme was "The Smile", with another mural, this time in paint applied directly onto the wall, which he destroyed once the Exhibition was over, in keeping with the original intention, the same as he had done shortly before with the one he painted at the College of Architects in Barcelona. On the other hand, the ceramic mural then went to the Museum of Folk Art in Osaka, built on the occasion of the Exhibition. It measures 12 metres by six, and is distinguished by the large number of eyes that fill the space, eyes like the ones that look out of the mural at the [Maeght] Foundation, but repeated obsessively here, always framed by colour. It took some months to complete, between spring 1969 and the beginning of 1970.» (Corredor-Matheos)