Labyrinth (Miró, Joan)

Labyrinth is the set of sculptures and ceramics created by the Catalan artist Joan Miró for Marguerite Aimé Maeght, between 1961 and 1981.

[1] Labyrinth consists of 250 works, mainly sculptures, scattered in a terrace garden overlooking the sea, which illustrate the story of the connection between the Maeght family and Joan Miró.

[3][4] Miró prepared several mockups of the artworks, which were finally built in marble, concrete, iron, bronze, and ceramics.

[6] It is organised along three axes: the highest terrace, dominated by a massive concrete arch; a fork on the head of a person suspended in the air overlooking the walkway; and a masonry tower with a ceramic wall made by the artist.

[3] The labyrinth can be traversed in any direction, and an hommage to Antoni Gaudí can be found (a round grey ceramic table reminiscent of Barcelona's Park Güell).