The sea of grass by Fina Miralles

In the early seventies, following on from Arte Povera, the actions of Fina Miralles developed as a reflection on the materiality of nature. Most of her work was based on the dialectic between nature and artifice through a change in the context of physical elements.

The Translations series documents some of the actions performed in November 1973. On a beach in Premià de Mar, Miralles set grass floating on the sea: the grass, which had been grown in Sabadell, was cut and transported in turves of 40 x 40 cm. The flotation lasted about three hours. Miralles kept the images of the action in a box-suitcase in a reference to the emblematic Boîte-en-valise by Marcel Duchamp.

WORKS IN THE COLLECTION BY FINA MIRALLES

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Translacions. Herba flotant al mar [Documentació de l’acció realitzada el novembre de 1973 a Premià de Mar, Espanya]

1973 (1992)

Fina Miralles

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Translació d’arena de la platja a un camp de conreu

1973 (1992)

Fina Miralles

Relacions. Relació del cos amb elements naturals. El cos cobert de palla [Documentació de l’acció realitzada el gener de 1975 a Sabadell, Espanya]

1975 (1992)

Fina Miralles

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Translacions. Dona-arbre [Documentació de l’acció realitzada el novembre de 1973 a Sant Llorenç del Munt, Espanya]

1973 (1992/2020)

Fina Miralles

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Fina Miralles: I Am All the Selves that I Have Been

5 November 2020 to 5 April 2021

Desacuerdos

3 March, 2005 to 29 May, 2005

MACBA Collection. New acquisitions

5 July, 2000 to 25 September, 2000