Word: royo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...praised "the disappearance of the humiliating injustice of the enclave that has long divided" Central America. Notably absent from the ceremonies was Panamanian Strongman Omar Torrijos Herrera, who had negotiated the pact with the U.S. He apparently did not wish to upstage his hand-picked successor as President, Aristides Royo...
...told Royo where to add a canvas patch, where to drape a cascade of wool, where to drop coils of fishermen's rope. Says Miró: "Wool and weaving give me a great sensual feeling." Agrees Royo: "When he picks up a skein of wool, he closes his eyes to feel it, and cries, 'C'est formidable...
Sober Suit. Miró has "done" tapestries in the past; that is, he made small paintings, and tapestry makers in Aubusson or Gobelins reproduced them. "That does not interest me any more," says Miró. With Royo, he is in at the start. For his part, Royo is pleased and amazed: "We both work from 7 in the morning until 1 o'clock, then from 3 to 8 or 9 at night. I'm often exhausted, but he never seems to get tired...
Among Miró's current projects are two new Sobreteixims - one hung with umbrellas, another so big (20 ft. by 36 ft.) that Royo has had to construct a special loom to make it. "It will be the largest tapestry ever woven," says Miró proudly. "It is une folie. But then you have to be crazy...
...pride is justifiable. Seldom have sophisticated design, magisterial color and gaiety of spirit been so well combined. With Sobreteixims, Miró has transformed the Royo tapestries from admirable folk art into perhaps master pieces. But after all, Miró is only 80. What next...