Gulp ! / Gloup !, 2017

Isabel Miramontes  

is one of Isabel Miramontes' most playful and poetic sculptures. With her characteristic elegance and subtle humour, the artist captures a deeply human moment that everyone instantly recognizes.

A tall, slender figure stands frozen in an unexpected instant, its elongated neck interrupted by a mysterious ring. Has the character swallowed too quickly? Is it trying to digest a difficult truth, unexpected news, an emotion, or perhaps the fear of speaking? Or maybe it is simply holding back words that cannot yet be spoken.

Like all great works of art, offers no single answer. It invites us to smile, to wonder, and to project our own stories onto the sculpture.

Behind its apparent simplicity lies a profound reflection on the human condition. Throughout life, we all carry moments that become "a lump in the throat"—unspoken emotions, joyful surprises, difficult decisions or overwhelming happiness. Isabel Miramontes transforms this familiar sensation into a sculpture of remarkable elegance and originality.

The elongated silhouette, balanced proportions and flowing lines create a feeling of serenity despite the tension within. The bronze seems almost weightless, allowing light to travel across its graceful surfaces and giving the figure an extraordinary presence.

is both poetic and universal—an artwork that brings a smile, sparks conversation, and reminds us that even our moments of hesitation are part of what makes us beautifully human.

The body, posture, movement and essence of human life are at the heart of Isabel Miramontes' work. Her works show fascinating and contemplative figure, abstract bodies cut into strips, sketched human bodies, associated with shapes or objects and others, more realistic. At the height of the usual sculpture, Isabel Miramontes opposes an apparent emptiness. For the artist, sculpture is not a block of material to which a shape is given, sculpture is a void to which the artist gives a surface. The human existence, at once concrete and impalpable, is made of flesh and bones and that part of essential emptiness which our emotions constitute. The cuts of these characters give the image of a body reduced to its footprint.  The tender form of the body of her figurines who seems ready to faint. Matter resduced to the essential that gently transforms itself into emotions and forgotten sensations, the only one memory left of the the body, the supreme value of its destiny.  

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One new edition is directly and exclusively available upon order for a new edition with Art Yi gallery in Brussels, for 12 weeks timeline

Creation by Spanish artist and in belgian foundry.

Double certificates of gallery and the artist

An artist’s book is offered

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If this piece resonates with you, our gallery would be delighted to share more information, additional images, in natural light, or advise you on its placement and installation within your space.