La crítica social i la visibilitat de la cultura catalana en la cartellística d`Antoni Miró

Ever since Antoni Miro (b. Alcoi, 1944) started his career in the late 1960s, his extensive artistic production led him to explore a wide range of fields, including painting, sculpture and pottery. For him, one of art’s functions is to serve society, and so in parallel to his regular production he also created posters meant to promote certain art-related events and to show his commitment toward celebrating and spreading culture. In this article we have analyzed several of Miro’s posters, in which he clearly shows his interest in making Catalan culture known in all its shapes and forms. His detailed, continued work is marked by civic references and by the social commitment of an artist who believes that intellectuals have the power to contribute to society and to persuade others. As we can clearly see in his posters, Miro used art to show that he was an independent thinker. Like other artists from his generation (born after Franco won the Civil War), Miro used historical references to express his beliefs. ...