{"product_id":"miquel-barcelo-by-miquel-barcelo-9782330019327","title":"Miquel Barcelo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book, published to accompany the \u003cem\u003eWorks of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition at the Céret Museum of Modern Art, presents Miquel Barceló's ceramics work. Created in Majorca in a former tilery and brickyard transformed into a workshop, the terracotta figures are damaged or disturbed by the introduction of bricks in the still-fresh clay, which humanises their familiar forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe self-portrait is a recurrent theme: eyes and mouth engraved into vases, and amphorae in shapes inherited from Antiquity; skulls and heads explicitly evoke the idea of vanity, an ever-present theme in Barceló's work, which appears in the fractures, cracks, and swelling that the clay undergoes before or during firing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eApart from the self-portraits, there are emanations of the animal or plant world, also disturbed by the bricks which come to inhabit or destroy them. Rosebuds bloom, fish live and fossilise, bricks form secret cavities. These spectacular works owe their presence to their apparent fragility as well as to their life force, and the struggle and dramas they welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll Barceló's themes are present in his ceramic works. As ever, the passage of time and death are expressed in the most fragile and durable way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455643271404,"sku":"9782330019327","price":68.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8183UMAbQoL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774789628","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/miquel-barcelo-by-miquel-barcelo-9782330019327","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}