243 - RAMON PONS (Sant Vicenç de Torelló, 1967).

RAMON PONS (Sant Vicenç de Torelló, 1967). "Parella." 2019. Terracotta. One-of-a-kind work. Certificate of authenticity included. Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 26 cm. Ramon Pons has completed a specialized course in life-size figure modeling at the Massana School in Barcelona, taught by Mònica Chavarria and Lúa Coderch (2009); a course in life-size figure sculpture at the School of Ceramics in La Bisbal (taught by Samuel Salcedo, 2010), a course in life-size human figure sculpture (with Jorge Egea, 2012), a course in portraiture and clay modeling (with Toshie Itabashi, 2012), and a course in sculptural portraiture (with Egea, 2013). He has participated in the 32nd Grand Prix d’Arts Plastiques Le Fousseret (France, 2014) and the group exhibitions organized by the Cercle Artístic Sant Lluc (2012–2013–2014); produced the photographic catalog for the firm MINKY (2012) and the photographic exhibition “Vivint en el sostre del món” (Barcelona, 2011) and (Torelló, 2010). As public art, he has created the Monument to Blood Donors in Sant Vicenç de Torelló (Barcelona, 2011) and the Pyre dedicated to the Flame of Canigó in Sant Vicenç de Torelló (Barcelona, 2009). In his sculptures, there is often a certain clash between the classically inspired subject matter and the irreverent tone that characterizes his approach. This veiled irony is the hallmark with which he puts his personal spin on reflections about allegorical figures such as the thinker, mythological characters such as the satyr, and historical figures such as Marie Antoinette... transgressing and even inverting the archetypal image of these references. The artist explains that he chooses “clay as an expressive material because I am drawn to its physical characteristics; it forces me to maintain an intimate relationship with the material as I model it with my own hands, while the care required to preserve it during the creative process fosters a very personal bond with each work.”