Her media included drawing, painting, sculpture and mosaic. Mirka Mora was a legendary figure in Melbourne’s bohemian circles. Born in Paris to a family of Eastern European Jewish émigrés, she narrowly escaped being sent to Auschwitz.
Revealing an unseen side of Mirka through both her materials and practice, this intimate portrait shares her complex and truly innovative techniques, which until now have not been studied. When the Spanish Civil War broke out, Georges left Paris to join the cause. After a plane crash, he was a prisoner of war for a short time.
Over the course of the. And how fabulous are the citizens of Melbourne who either donated to a fund or bought her work directly for donation so that Mirka ’s legacy could be kept at Heide Museum for the public’s delight? Mirka loved St Kilda’s raffish bohemian charm and made it her home for nearly two decades. Her colourful distinctive works and creativity adorn Melbourne, from mosaics on St Kilda Pier, Flinders Street Station and her many restaurant murals.
Her home is a treasure trove of ephemera collected by Mirka over the past years – antique furniture and books stacked high on every surface, artworks crammed on every wall, a treasured collection of dolls and.
