2 ceramic vases by Spanish artist SERRA. In as new condition, no chips or cracks. In a very contemporary ovoid shape. Height 29 cm/31 cm Diameter 18 cm/19 cm Joan Serra is a ceramist and sculptor of shapes, with a taste for geometric and ovoid figures, a collage of materials which are redirected or disappear upon contact with the fire. A very personal alchemy of these inclusions and mixtures. Fire. You have to reckon with the retraction power of the clay used. The laws of physics impose themselves, burning the combustible elements that he mixes in with his masses of clay by changing their density. From entering the oven to leaving it, the material changes in shape. The enamel of Joan Serra’s pieces adds an extreme sensuality to the compact and powerful shapes. The effects of the white lead material, the white edges and craquelure play with the effects of light and shadow. The ceramist redirects the material from its original reactions, he refuses to exhaust a subject by letting it fully adhere to its physical and chemical laws. He intervenes as a craftsman, he masters his techniques, he comprehends every moment of his creation, but he claims this tiny bit of chance, this other power than his own, which gives each piece its uniqueness. With this limit, art plays with combining a rhythm with an image, an idea with an emotion which makes the act of making art a poetic moment.