“Mira’s Ceramics”is the exhibition of the sculptor Mira Kuçuku was opened at the Art Gallery of Tirana (GAT). This exhibition with diverse works is dedicated it to her 3 granddaughters.

“For me, it is the first personal exhibition in the country, after several exhibitions opened in Paris, Bordeaux, Holland, Denmark, Venice and Prishtina”, said Mira Kuçuku. Most of the works arise from the period of isolation due to the pandemic, as a way of Kuçuku to communicate positive emotions, through ceramic art.

There is a variety of subjects in the gallery of her works and she explores the technique with a high degree of difficulty. She has an inseparable love for terracotta. The technique that prevails in Mira’s creations is the Japanese traditional “raku”technique, with which she is known abroad. 

Ardian Devolli, curator of the exhibition, says that, “we are dealing with an artist who stands out in terms of originality, creative strength, knowledge of ceramic techniques, material technology, etc.”.

The artist herself sees ceramics as a woman: “In the caresses of the scorching fire, it strengthens and surprises you, with its unexpectedness, like a lonely woman and returns more beautiful and sparkling”. The “Mira’s Ceramics” exhibition will remain open to the public, at the Art Gallery of Tirana until April 30.

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