Isabel Miramontes Explained

Isabel Miramontes
Birth Date:1962
Birth Place:Santiago de Compostela
Style:Abstract art
Surrealism

Isabel Miramontes (born 1962) is a Spanish-born Belgian sculptor. She is known for disproportionate bronze sculptures of the human figure.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Miramontes was born in Santiago de Compostela. She obtained a diploma in fine arts at Institut Sainte Marie in Brussels. She continued her studies at the Fine Arts Academy of Saint-Gilles.

Work

Miramontes generally uses bronze as a medium in sculpture. She exhibits the human body's motion and splits it into strips, spirals and twisted forms, and this fluidity is contrasted by the face which is of blank expression. A sense of drama and tension is implied with this juxtaposition. Miramontes aims to convey not just the physical activity but also the emotional one — representing the psyche’s ambiguous power and fragility, dreams and successes, or desire for isolation and freedom.[5] [6]

Space is an important aspect in Miramontes’ works. She creates abstract and surrealist sculptures that plays with perspective and proportion, as evident with its exaggerated movements and elongated bodies.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. News: Sierzputowski . Kate . Twisting Bronze Figural Sculptures by Isabel Miramontes . 26 May 2021 . Colossal . 2017-04-28 . en.
  2. News: La sculptrice Isabel Miramontes joue avec les émotions à la Melting art gallery . 26 May 2021 . La Voix du Nord . 2017-11-22 . fr.
  3. News: Unique Human Figures Sculptures By Isabel Miramontes . 26 May 2021 . I Lobo You Boca do Lobo's inspirational world Exclusive Design . 2021-03-22.
  4. Web site: Isabel Miramontes Sculptors . Art People Gallery . 26 May 2021 . 2016-05-02.
  5. Web site: Fractured Bronze Figures and Surreal Sculptures by Isabel Miramontes . mymodernmet.com . 26 May 2021.
  6. News: Las singulares figuras humanas de Isabel Miramontes . 26 May 2021 . Esto no es arte . 2020-08-19 . es.
  7. Web site: Isabel MIRAMONTES, Galerie d'art Toulouse SAKAH Galerie . Galerie d'art SAKAH . 26 May 2021 . fr-FR.
  8. Web site: Isabel Miramontes Artiste Art Avantage Achat et leasing oeuvre d'art . ART AVANTAGE . 26 May 2021 . 2020-01-14.
  9. Web site: Isabel Miramontes Galerie Liehrmann . www.galerie-liehrmann.be.
  10. Web site: Work Miramontes Artist Momentum Gallery . www.momentumartgallery.com . 26 May 2021.
  11. Web site: Isabel Miramontes, My Way . www.casart.fr.