Birds of the Caves stands out from most of the well known works of Joan Miro. There is not as much of the characteristic simple geometric blobs mixed about on a stained a surface. In this piece the background is a bright pristine white contrasted by large sweeps of pure black in the foreground. The smeared dirty stains that make Miro's work familiar are absent.
This scene seems to represents a large structure built by a colony of tiny intelligent but disturbed creatures. The fine but somewhat schizophrenic scaffolding represents an effort to control and contain the large swaths of black. Little blips of color in the scaffolding represent necessary nodes that the community of builders use to gather their tools and take care of daily ancillary tasks. The builders are a nervous frenetic lot, not taking enough time to properly lay out clean straight lines of support. The work needs to be done fast because nothing last long in their stark world.
For the most part the builders reside in the red and black hut on the lower right, gathering there to rest after long periods of work. A large chimney bends upward from the hut to disperse the noxious gas they produce. A large black pole running down the center of the piece allows the busy workers to climb up the canyon and lay out their lattice work. To celebrate the build they have created a large bulbous edifice in the upper left inscribed with their indecipherable motto. This is where the have their rare celebrations.
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