On La Rambla, next to the Liceu metro station, opposite the famous Boqueria market, you need to watch where you step especially carefully: right on the street that thousands of people walk along every day, there is a mosaic by the world-famous artist Joan Miro.
He did not choose to place his work in this very spot by chance — not far away stands the house where the artist was born in 1893. In the year of his 83rd birthday, the master presented the city with a bright mosaic panel: the combination of simple shapes and rich colors — red, blue, yellow, white, and black — looks concise and fresh. Very soon it became one of the symbols of La Rambla and an adornment of Barcelona, loved by both locals and tourists. After 30 years, the mosaic, worn down by the feet of pedestrians, was restored and once again shone with bright colors.
You can get to know the work of the famous Catalan artist in more detail at the Joan Miro Foundation, which is located in Montjuic Park. Miro created abstract and surrealist works that only remotely resemble objects from the real world. The museum's collection includes works in a wide variety of media: paintings, sculptures, drawings, textiles and ceramics, posters, and even essays.
