Las esculturas-joyas mágicas de Carole Ramis: Amuletos emocionales del más allá en la España de los años setenta

Abstract

This article analyzes the artistic production of Carole Duschanek, better known as Carole Ramis, a singular figure in Barcelona’s high society of the 1970s whose work oscillated between metal sculpture, artistic jewelry, and the study of the beyond. Her pieces, conceived as talismans with protective powers, condensed collective emotions such as the pursuit of luck and hope during times of political and social transition. By examining her creative process and media reception, as well as the strategies she developed to legitimize herself as a woman artist and the circulation of her jewels in the world of luxury and celebrity, this text approaches her work as a mediation between art and alternative spirituality. Although marginalized from canonical narratives, her practice constitutes a significant case for rethinking the connections between aesthetics, emotion, and the fascination with the invisible during Spain’s Transition.