Listing instructional Resources Related to this Work of Art
· Miro: The Experience of Seeing
http://www.unctv.org/content/miro
“In partnership with the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, UNC-TV produced a 30-minute documentary to coincide with the opening of the Museum’s special exhibition, Miró: The Experience of Seeing, scheduled from September 14, 2014 through February 22, 2015. This exhibition presents a rare glimpse into the later works of the Spanish-born artist Joan Miró (1893-1983), one of the true modern masters of 20th-century art in Europe. Featured in the exhibition are over 50 drawings, paintings and sculptures drawn from the final 20 years of Miró’s career. All works are on loan from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid.”
· Colored clay; could be used to help form 3D versions of biomorphic abstractions
· Glue and color pastels used on black paper, glue to define the abstract shapes created like in the painting…the could touch how the glue dries when applied a certain way onto the paper
· Show poems for examples of how writing can be used in an art context
· Get them thinking about how Miro chose to display figures in an abstract way by using simple and organic shapes…maybe give them different recognizable textures and have them write out what else could this texture be used for? Get them to think outside of the recognizable associations
· Cut out recognizable symbols from construction paper, such as the star (as repeated through the painting) and have them brainstorm how the symbols can be used either together or separately to convey something unexpected
· Bring items that are easily formed into organic shapes, such as different types of string; have them think about the different textures of strings; how texture can affect interpretation?
· Bring in an instrumental song and play it for the class. Have the stds. Close their eyes for the first hearing. For the second hearing have them listen and draw what they feel when they hear the song. Song ex. Schpongle “Falling awake,” require them to create subjective imagery; repeat this process 4x
· Bring in nature magazines and fashion magazines and have them look for human elements in conjunction with nature, to create some biomorphic abstraction collages; make a collage of my own for them to look at and pass around