Fina Miralles

Translacions. Dona-arbre [Documentació de l'acció realitzada el novembre de 1973 a Sant Llorenç de Munt, Espanya], 1973

Translations. Tree Woman [Documentation of the Performance Carried Out in November 1973 in Sant Llorenç del Munt, Spain], 1973

Photograph, 39 x 29 x 3 cm

Among the series of actions collectively titled Translacions, Fina Miralles made a fourth and final in November 1973 in Sant Llorenç del Munt. In Translacions. Dona-arbre, the artist became a moving object by burying herself up to her thighs and assuming the form of a planted tree. Although the first actions were a clear example of Land art, in this case the artist incorporated her body, pointing to Body art as a way of emphasising the natural condition of human beings, albeit with a certain lyricism.

Technical details

Original title:: Translacions. Dona-arbre [Documentació de l'acció realitzada el novembre de 1973 a Sant Llorenç de Munt, Espanya]
Registration number:: 0503
Artist:: Miralles, Fina
Date created:: 1973
Date acquired:: 1997
Fonds:: MACBA Collection. Government of Catalonia long-term loan
Object type:: Photograph
Media:: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:: 39 x 29 x 3 cm (height x width x depth)
Credits:: MACBA Collection. Government of Catalonia long-term loan. National Collection of Art
Copyright:: © Fina Miralles
It has accessibility resources:: No

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I’d really like to think that the artist could be just another kind of material in the picture, working in collaboration with all the other materials.

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