Miró & CoBrA

About this book

Miró & CoBrA' investigates the relationship between Joan Miró and the CoBrA movement. Two of the movement's originators, Constant Nieuwenhuys and Asger Jorn, first met each other at a Miró exhibition in Paris. At the last real CoBrA exhibition, held in 1951 in Liège, Miró's work hung side by side with Appel's. Miró has been a leitmotiv in the CoBrA movement's history, from the very beginning. What unites Joan Miró and the Cobra artists is their experimental approach to art. Experimenting with materials, forms and methods was a source of knowledge and innovation for both the Spanish master and the post-war generation of Cobra artists. By creating links between the works of Miró and CoBrA, the exhibition reveals a shared playful and poetic attitude that lies at the heart of both Miró's and the Cobra artists' art. The exhibition Miró & CoBrA has over 120 works by Joan Miró on display, as well as 80 works from various Cobra artists, including Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, Constant and Pierre Alechinsky. Exhibition: CoBrA Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands (10.10.2015-31.01.2016).