Victor Mira

VÍCTOR MIRA (Zaragoza, 1949 - Munich, 2003).
"Images for lovers", 1984.
Eight woodcuts on Aquari paper.
Printed in the workshops of Tristán Barbarà, Figueres, 1990-91.
Copy 32/35.
Signed and numbered.
Measurements: 49 x 39 x 8 cm (wooden box).
Víctor Mira defined "Imágenes para enamorados" as "a collection of 8 woodcuts accompanied by texts that have also accompanied me at different moments of my life".
Sculptor, painter, engraver and writer, his training was basically self-taught. At the age of eighteen he held his first solo exhibition at the N'Art gallery in Zaragoza, which was also the first outdoor sculpture exhibition held in that city. Soon after, he moved to Madrid, where he exhibited in 1973 at the Pol Verdié gallery. After spending some time between Madrid and Germany, in 1977 he moved to Barcelona. In 1979 he had his first solo exhibition in Munich, at the Tanit gallery, and the following year he showed his work in the United States, at the George Staempfli gallery in New York. From then on his international career took off, with exhibitions in Germany, the United States, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Colombia, France, Belgium and Austria, while he continued to exhibit regularly in Spain. In 2003, shortly before his death, he received the award for best living Spanish artist at the ARCO Fair. The most recent retrospective exhibition dedicated to this artist was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, at the Beck & Eggeling gallery. Mira's works are preserved in museums and private collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the MACBA, the Fine Arts Museums of Vitoria and Zaragoza, the Beulas Foundation in Huesca, and the Museo Colecciones ICO in Madrid.