TITLE SIZE MEDIA PRICE

1 Universo, 1992 145 cm x 230 cm Oil on board and canvas £ 12,000

2 Mesopotamia, 2004 122 cm x 60 cm Oil on canvas £ 4,000

3 Fuente Miamarillo, 2014 82 cm x 82 cm Miamarillo Nazari” oil on paper £ 3,200

4 Manantial, 2014 82 cm x 82 cm Verde-Cipres’ oil on paper £ 3,200

5 Fuente Real, 2014 82 cm x 82 cm Oil on paper £ 3,000

6 Fuente de Cristobal, 2014 49 cm x 49 cm Pastel on paper £ 1,200

7 Fuente Nazari, 2014 49 cm x 49 cm Pastel on paper £ 1,200

8 Nenufar, 2014 61 cm x 47 cm Pastel on paper £ 1,400

9 Alhambra Fountain, 2014 50 cm x 41 cm Pastel with rain water on paper £ 1,000

10 El arte de vivir, 2012 25 cm x 31 cm x 34 cm Ceramic (inc 27 tears and the moon) £ 3,600

11 Concordia, 2012 91 cm x 35 cm Oil and mixed media on canvas £ 3,000

12 Lágrimas de agradecimento, 2012 91 cm x 35 cm Oil and mixed media on canvas £ 3,000

13 Lloro a escondidas I, 2013 102 cm x 51 cm Oil on canvas £ 2,800

14 Lloro a escondidas II, 2014 100 cm x 70 cm Oil on canvas £ 3,200

T h e E l e m e n t o f F r e e d o m 05.02.15 / 03.04.15

AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE BY MARIA INES AGUIRRE (MIA)

TITLE SIZE MEDIA PRICE

15 Cross-Current, 2012 35 cm x 91 cm Oil on canvas £ 3,000

16 Encuentro, 2012 35 cm x 91 cm Oil and mixed media on canvas £ 3,000

17 Compasión, 2012 35 cm x 91 cm Oil and mixed media on canvas £ 3,000

18 Buscandote, 2012 35 cm x 91 cm Oil and mixed media on canvas £ 3,000

19 Nunca llueve en mi corazón, 2014 178 cm x 36 cm Oil on canvas £ 4,000

20 Paraíso, 2012 91 cm x 35 cm Oil on canvas £ 3,000

21 Sigueme I, 2012 91 cm x 35 cm Oil on canvas £ 2,600

22 Sigueme II, 2012 91 cm x 35 cm Oil on canvas £ 2,600

23 Mar Profundo, 2004 47 cm x 42 cm Oil on card £ 4,500

24 Iguazú, 2013 100 cm x 72 cm Oil on canvas £ 5,000

25 Typewriter de Inés, 2014 34 cm x 20 cm x 19 cm Ceramic £ 2,800

26 Typewriter 3, 2014 21 cm x 29 cm x 21 cm Ceramic PRIVATE

COLLECTION

27 Escribe con el corazón, 2013 33 cm x 23 cm x 18 cm Ceramic £ 2,800

28 Blue Thames, 2015 77 cm x 90 cm Inkjet on paper (Edition of 7) £ 1,100

TITLE SIZE MEDIA PRICE

29 Ithaca, 2015 72 cm x 54 cm Inkjet on paper (Edition of 7) £ 800

30 Aegina, 2015 54 cm x 72 cm Inkjet on paper (Edition of 7) £ 800

31 Mar de Rosco, 2015 77 cm x 90 cm Inkjet on paper (Edition of 7) £ 1,100

32 Marina de Albarete, 2004 95 cm x 102 cm Inkjet on paper (Edition of 7) £ 2,000

33 Mediaterraneo, 2013 100 cm x 122 cm Oil on canvas £ 6,000

34 Baptism, 2013 71 cm x 102 cm Oil on paper £ 3,000

35 Secretos de agua, 2013 71 cm x 102 cm Oil on paper and inkjet on paper £ 2,800

36 Praying for rain, 2013 71 cm x 102 cm Oil on paper and inkjet on paper £ 2,800

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T h e E l e m e n t o f F r e e d o m

“In time and with water everything changes” - Leonardo da Vinci

Water is the carrier of nature, the pulse of life.

Water changes itself into as many natures as the different places through which it runs. Water does not resist, it flows, going wherever it wants, so, ultimately, nothing can resist it. Metaphysical symbol of purity and spiritual transformation, water is a metaphor for a new-found freedom; a freedom which is gained independently through the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, whilst always remaining true to ourselves.

Born between two rivers in Entre Rios (Mesopotamia), Argentina, María Inés Aguirre (MIA) works as if in rhythm with the ebb and flow of waves breaking on the seashore; energised by the freedom of the constant choices and unexpected currents created by her uniquely fresh and vibrant artistic language.

For MIA everything becomes liquid. Her work flows, and this is especially true of her series about the fountains and terraces of the Alhambra in Granada. These works pay homage to the profound artistic sensitivity and technical expertise of the Alhambra’s Muslim architects, to whom water was the magical fountain of life and essential substance of the Universe. The Earth is water and we are water: both the reflection of and the eyes through which creation sees itself. We are also the purifying tears (lágrimas) which nurture the seed of our inner self and become the catalyst for true creative freedom. As MIA’s ceramic typewriters suggest, this is the indefinable process that sets our imagination free.

ABOUT MIA

MIAʼs work is her response to the natural world, especially the brilliant colours and light of Argentina, music and emotion. She has lived and worked in London since 1993 and taken part in solo and group shows in Europe and the Americas. Her works are held in collections in every continent.

MIA gave her first solo show at the age of six, when her mother, who was also a gifted artist, hung her paintings between the trees in the main square of their home town in the north of Argentina. MIA graduated from the University of Fine Arts,Tucumán, and moved to Italy after she won a scholarship to study painting with the artist Fabrizio Plessi at the Accademia delle Belli Arte in Venice. While living in Italy, MIA was commissioned to paint murals in Taiwan and Austria and also studied print-making in Salzburg.

In his foreword to the catalogue of MIAʼs 2003 show at the Centro Borges, Buenos Aires, the late Pierre Restany (the critic who 'discovered' Yves Klein and a great authority on Latin American art) highlighted the distinctive qualities of MIAʼs work: “The exuberance and spontaneity of her painting have their roots in her emotional life. This is why her art will out-last over-rational art: for MIA, each colour represents a sound and each painting is a sun-burst of colour, of joy and imagination which is notable for its musical equilibrium”.

These connections continue to inspire MIAʼs paintings and her 3D works, such as the two life-size baby elephants she painted for the Elephant Family (auctioned by Christieʼs in Milan and Sothebyʼs in London), the giant eggs for the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt, London, the exuberant life-sized crocodile, which was exhibited in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and the concert grand piano she turned into an abstract 3D painting while artist in residence at Steinway & Sons, London.

In 2010 MIA spent several months at Steinway Hall where, taking inspiration from the colour and energy of Les Ballets Russes, she transformed a shiny black concert grand piano into an abstract painting. She called it 'Dancing Soul' and Steinway sold it (for a six figure sum) to a collector last year. The works Mia created while painting the piano were exhibited in a solo show, ʻThe Music of Colourʼ, curated by Elisa Martinelli at Moor House, London in 2011.

MIAʼs exploration of colour is greatly helped by her longstanding collaboration with the paint maker Michael Harding. His oils are used by many leading artists and MIA has used his colours for twenty years. He recently created four special colours for MIA, including ‘Miamarillo Nazari', which she is using while artist in residence at the Alhambra, Granada.

Since 2011, MIA has held a series of solo exhibitions in Andalucia, most recently (2014) a show of her cycle ‘Camino de Luz’ at the Archbishop’s Palace in Granada. She is currently preparing for three solo shows this year; at the Asia Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong; in France and the Centro Borges, Buenos Aires.

MIA says the following words of Paul Klee, from 1918, describe her own creative process: “Everything around me dissolves and interesting works emerge as if of their own accord. My hand is entirely the instrument of a distant sphere. It isnʼt my head that is working, but something else, something higher, something somewhere more remote. I must have great friends out there – obscure, but also brilliant - and theyʼre all very good to me.”