Here is a selection of my work. Click to enlarge.
Recent Work
Aida’s Profile
43×34×13 cm
Iron
2016
Model: Aida Gutiérrez
Andrea’s Profile
56×28×16 cm
Iron
2016
Model: Andrea Cebrián
Bust of Jesus Christ
70×30×40 cm
Iron
2016
Martina’s Profile
38×24×13 cm
Iron
2016
Model: Martina Maseras
2016 Don Quixote
35×30×30 cm
Iron
2016
Josep Blanch
45×19×20 cm
Iron
2015
Model: Josep Blanch
Mònica’s Profile
46×22×24 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Mònica Boixader
Aida Dancing
34×18×12 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Aida Gutiérrez
Mercè’s Bust
43×32×10 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Mercè Tuxuera
Mònica’s Bust
35×22×26 cm
Iron
2014
3rd prize at 43rd Saló Anual d’Art
organized by Reial Cercle Artístic,
Barcelona (2012). Model: Mònica Boixader.
Swan
32×22×12 cm
Iron
2014
Empty Montse’s Profile
24×32×14 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Montse López Cuní
Olga’s Bust
53×22×15 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Olga Núñez
Horte the Partier
46×20×19 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Alba’s Torso
33×15×10 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Alba Muñoz Moreno
Montse’s Profile
38×15×16 cm
Iron
2014
Model: Montse López Cuní
Judith with Hair Pulled Back
33×24×17 cm
Iron
2013
Model: Judith Vizcarra
Daiva the Pretty Lithuanian
44×18×15 cm
Iron, brass and copper
2013
Model: Daiva Klimaite
Berta Reclining
36×12×12 cm
Iron
2013
Model: Berta Gelonch
Aida Holding her Panties
38×20×10 cm
Iron
2013
Model: Aida Gutiérrez
Berta Waiting
30×20×12 cm
Iron
2013
Model: Berta Gelonch
Aida under the Palm Tree
43×18×16 cm
Iron
2013
Model: Aida Gutiérrez
Berta Combing her Hair
25×10×6 cm
Iron
2013
Model: Berta Gelonch
Critique of art
Beautiful Woman from Jérica
48×25×30 cm
Iron, copper and brass
2006
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
The expressiveness of Ricard Mira’s sculptures stems very much from his combination of fullness and emptiness, quite often making use of undulating plates that confer dynamism on his figures and suggest some elasticity in contrast with the consistency of metal itself. Thus he plays with the viewer’s perception, who, in front of three-dimensional pieces, can find volumes evoked in the lack of matter.
In perfect agreement with the gracefulness of profiles and bodies, he also occasionally plays with the light shed on metals, conferring on them warmth and interesting variations of color shades.
At the same time, this endows the sculptor’s works with the lyricism, plasticity and elegance that characterize his productions, mostly devoted to the human and animal figure of vernacular tradition.
The sinuous and polished lines, and the purity of forms, sometimes contrast with the rawness and carelessness of finishes, a certainly personal hint again pointing to the artist’s tendency to contrasts in unity.
Tania Alba
Art Historian
Aida Sunbathing
56×28×30 cm
Iron
2012
1st prize at 41st Saló Anual d’Art
organized by Reial Cercle Artístic,
Barcelona (2012). Model: Aida Gutiérrez.
Mònica
35×20×28 cm
Iron
2012
Model: Mònica Boixader
Big Horte from Behind
58×35×12 cm
Iron
2012
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Big Horte Stretching
55×20×10 cm
Iron
2012
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Alba
37×30×20 cm
Iron
2012
Model: Alba Muñoz Moreno
Jessica
32×20×10 cm
Iron
2012
Model: Jessica Mira Moreno
Jessica Reclining
36×20×22 cm
Iron
2012
Model: Jessica Mira Moreno
Horte’s Empty Profile
20×21×15 cm
Iron
2012
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Dancer
40×26×6 cm
Iron
2012
Sorolla
70×40×48 cm
Rusty iron
2010
Portrait of Valencian painter
Joaquim Sorolla
(1863-1923)
Woman
27×10×7 cm
Iron
2009
Jérica Skyline
70×48×20 cm
Iron
2009
Racer
38×24×10 cm
Iron
2009
Woman from Behind
28×14×12 cm
Iron
2009
Don Quixote
30×19×19 cm
Iron
2009
Weathervane for Amparo
100×90×70 cm
Iron
2009
Critique on Horte’s Bust
Horte’s Bust
45×33×34 cm
Iron
2010
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
The title is short for Hortensia, the name of a model frequently used by him and who is for him a source of creativity and inspiration.
In this work we find reflected many of the characteristics of the artist’s plasticity and expressiveness, in which the plastic representation of a space, even simply of a particular object fixed at a momentary and specific point in time, declares itself as the primordial essence of his sculptures. Ricard Mira researches and plays with “fullness” and “emptiness” as if with “day” and “night”, or yin and yang. Subtle, delicate wavy sheets convey to the viewer feelings of dynamism and movement, causing a perception of elasticity in clear contrast with the stiffness of the material used. A lively and personal spirit flows from his hands that gives us a vital, nuanced work softened by this elegant dynamism, thus producing a perfect balance in the composition’s end result.
The consequence is a balanced, mature, three-dimensional work, an object with a life of its own. It is just along these lines that we find, in my opinion, the main bases of its concept.
Josep Fèlix Bentz
Art Historian
Horte Looking in the Mirror
100×60×60 cm
Iron, copper, brass and stainless steel
2008
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Horte with Hair in the Wind
40×35×12 cm
Iron
2008
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Fertility
174×30×28 cm
Iron
2008
Model: Montse López Cuní
Asha
44×16×36 cm
Iron
2008
Model: Asha the cat
Pensive Horte
48×28×20 cm
Iron
2008
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Cock
48×35×25 cm
Iron
2007
Horte Combing her Hair
90×54×60 cm
Iron
2007
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Daiva
45×30×20 cm
Iron
2006
Model: Daiva Klimaite
Daiva with Golden Hair
48×30×22 cm
Iron and brass
2006
Model: Daiva Klimaite
Horte with Ponytail
45×32×20 cm
Iron
2006
Model: Horte Vivas Peiró
Daiva in Profile
50×30×22 cm
Iron
2006
Model: Daiva Klimaite
The Hug
50×12×12 cm
Iron
2006
Resting
35×22×18 cm
Iron
2006
Couple in Positive
45×15×15 cm
Iron
2006
Couple in Negative
45×15×15 cm
Iron
2006
Cock Weathervane
100×80×70 cm
Iron
2006
Flamenco Dancer
40×12×15 cm
Iron
2005
Jota Dancers
70×80×20 cm
Iron
2006
The models are José María Escusa
and Horte Vivas Peiró.
Traditional Woman from Jérica
60×25×12 cm
Iron
2005
Saint George
40×38×20 cm
Iron, copper and brass
2004
To Master Joan Abelló
55×32×24 cm
Iron
2003
Bust of Catalan painter Joan Abelló.
It is located in Museu Abelló
at Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona).
Pubilla with Earring
45×32×15 cm
Iron and brass
2000
Last Supper
70×30×20 cm
Iron
2000
Museums
The Goodbye
30×18×12 cm
Iron
2003
It is located at the
Museum of the Americas
(Florida, United States).
The museums preserving some of Ricard Mira’s works are:
- Museu d’Art Brut, Barcelona
- Museum of the Americas, at Florida (United States)
- Museu Abelló Fundació Municipal d’Art, at Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona)
- Col·lecció-Museu Garreta-Rovira, at Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona).
Also, there are many private collections holding works by Ricard Mira, among others the following: Antoni Font, Jaume Forés “Calet”, Carme Marín, Josep Marín, Jordi Mas, Josep Masats, Amparo Pérez, Jaume Rifà.
Jaume Rifà
Local History Scholar
