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Fina Miralles
Vol ras
Low Flight
1978
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Stuffed animals were a recurring motif in the work of Fina Miralles, as with this bird condemned to flying low as it insistently reaches for the air through a metallic mesh. When in 1979 this work was included in the exhibition Landscape at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, art critic Alexandre Cirici spoke of this artist’s new landscape art, charging exhibition spaces with caged trees and mounds of earth, filling mason jars with natural objects and displaying stuffed animals. In this way Miralles explored the dialectic between nature and artifice, reminding us that nature is, in and of itself, a dialogue between life and death: “The landscape of the air is represented by a stuffed bird, in flying position…. This alludes to life”, wrote Cirici at the time.
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original title
Vol ras
registration number
R.6529
date
1978
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
media
Naturalized bird, metallic mesh, earth and methacrylate vase
credits
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of Barcelona City Council. Gift of Rafael Tous
translated title
Low Flight
year of acquisition
2023
type of object
Object
dimensions
26 x 45 x 28 cm
Copyright
© Fina Miralles
original title
Vol ras
translated title
Low Flight
registration number
R.6529
date
1978
year of acquisition
2023
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
type of object
Object
media
Naturalized bird, metallic mesh, earth and methacrylate vase
dimensions
26 x 45 x 28 cm
credits
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of Barcelona City Council. Gift of Rafael Tous
Copyright
© Fina Miralles

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