Lunar Bird

As part of the early 20th-century Surrealist art movement, Miró saw art as a way for the subconscious mind to express itself, resulting in biomorphic shapes and semiabstracted forms in his work. *Lunar Bird* resembles ancient votive sculptures with its moon-shaped face and arms reaching toward the sky. Despite the dark color and heavy material of the sculpture, there is a sense of lightness in the piece, created by the upward curves of the sculpture and the bright patina on the bronze.