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Maria Gamundí’s subjects are women of her home country, Venezuela, whose ethnic mix can be evolved from European, African, Indian and ancient Asian roots. Their pronounced hips, pouting lips and provocative poses suggest an indomitability, the quintessential strength of womanhood.
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Maria Gamundí shapes her ideas in terracotta, starting with a small model. Poses that she likes are scaled up into larger works. Her terracotta works are perfected while wet and again after being fired In a kiln. After being reworked and polished, their final finish is a protective wax, giving her terracotta sculptures a look described as faultless, sensuous and serene.
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Unlike the formal poses of classical sculpture, Maria Gamundi’s larger bronzes tend to be relaxed, their uninhibited, languid bodies reclining comfortably or draped over a railing or chair. “In its calm humanity, her work springs…from the thoughtful, caring observation and stimulus of nature,” according to the author Richard Fremantles.
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