One of his most well known pieces was created while suffering from delusions associated with extreme hunger. He pioneered an intriguing concept of art by which the artist performs the opposite of what conventional painters usually do. Later in life he dabbled with another concept in which the National Gallery of Canberra proudly displays an example. Who is this, what techniques did he pioneer, and can you provide a picture of the example in Canberra?

lanfranco

This is, of course, Joan Miro (1893-1983), whose birthday we are celebrating today. "Harlequin's Carnival" is the piece created under the influence of hallucinations. Miro experimented a great deal (the trowel thing is fun), and the Canberra piece, to which you can find a link on this site (picture included) is the "gas sculpture" in the Gallery's sculpture garden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3 Apr 20 06, 6:27 AM

peasypod

Indeed it is, and the pretty little thing on Google today is what inspired me to construct this one. A Birthday Golden Banana for you. I thought you'd find my desciption of grattage amusing, but it is what it is, the process of scraping the paint off a canvas whereas most fundamental artists like to put it on... Apr 20 06, 6:35 AM