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Ana Illueca Studio
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Ana Illueca Studio
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,600 - €4,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Ana Illueca Studio
Mediterranean Bits Wind Installation 02
Mobile
Recycled stoneware from Ana Illueca’s own studio
Hand-built using slabs
Hand-decorated with a porcelain engobe, copper oxide, cobalt oxide and a yellow pigment
Beech wood
2025
H120 W100 D100
The contradiction of the material.
The terrible story of these things that we expect to become something.
In this kinetic sculpture by ceramic artist Ana Illueca, ceramics become light. The creation of ‘Mediterranean Bits Wind’ is a complex exercise in composition, as the very movement of the piece alters its final appearance. What seems balanced and beautiful one moment can be completely thrown off balance the next.
Yet it is precisely this ephemeral nature that makes the work so captivating. The ceramic breaks free from its usual perception of solidity to become lighter, almost as if suspended. We have not always been what we are. Nor will we always be what we were.
This work is a defence of movement against the absolute. A defence of lightness, of process, of transformation. It questions the pressure to know exactly what to be and what to do, the idea of a fixed future, the weight of predetermined goals and established forms.
Ultimately, building oneself means trusting in the balance between the wind — that which we cannot control — and matter — that which we can shape —, which will eventually place us where we are meant to be.
Exhibitions:
- 2025. CerArtmic, CLC Gallery, Madrid. Group exhibition.
- 2025. Seguir siendo, CLC Art Gallery, Valencia. Group exhibition.
- 2024. Cobalto y Cobre, González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts, Valencia. Group exhibition.
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About the sale
Sculptural furniture and functional art
Auction location
Auction time
09/27/2026 at 2:30 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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