Music Box - American Pie 2025

Lluís Cera

MarbleStoneIronMetal
32 ⨯ 23 ⨯ 43 cm
ConditionExcellent
Price on request

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• About the artwork
  "Music Box - American Pie" is made with Carrara marble and iron
  
  In Lluís Cera’s sculptures, soft, voluptuous forms are embedded in solid iron, marble or stone, making his pieces seem smooth and pliable, subverting the concepts of weight and mass. The artist’s attitude toward craft and craftsmanship reflects the concept of art as a meditative practice that in turn transmits a poetic robust beauty. From the very start of his career, Lluís Cera laid great importance on a harmonious combination of literature with his sculptures.
  Sometimes he uses complete or fragmented texts in different languages, carved or applied to the surface of his work, making them universal and exploring the concepts of identity and foreignness, the familiar and unfamiliar. The titles of the works may provide leads to the stories they tell, often related to the world of relationships and sentimental bonds, yet leaving the work completely open to interpretation.
• About the artist

  Lluís Cera (born 1967) is a contemporary Spanish sculptor based in Barcelona known for his ability to make heavy, industrial materials like iron, marble, and granite appear soft and pliable. His work often explores the intersection of literature and visual art, incorporating carved fragments of text or musical scores directly into the surface of his sculptures.

  

  In Lluis Cera’s sculptures, soft and light forms are embedded in solid iron, marble or stone, making his pieces seem smooth and pliable, and subverting the concepts of weight and mass. The artist’s attitude toward craft and craftsmanship reflects the concept of Art as a meditative practice.

   

  From the very start of his career, Cera laid great importance on a harmonious combination of literature with his sculptures. Sometimes he uses whole texts or text fragments in different languages, carved or applied to the surface of his work, making them universal and exploring the concepts of identity and foreignness, familiar and unfamiliar.

  The works titles give us a clue to the stories they tell, often related to the world of relationships and sentimental bonds, but yet leaving the work completely open to interpretation.

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