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Chuck Ramirez American, 1962-2010
Seven Days: Breakfast Tacos, 2003
Pigment inkjet print
48 x 60 in, 121.9 x 152.4 cm
or 24 x 30 in, 61 x 76.2 cm
or 24 x 30 in, 61 x 76.2 cm
Edition of 6
Further images
'Breakfast Tacos' is a recreation of a Sunday breakfast at Ramirez's father's home, where he, his father, and his sister shared barbacoa tacos. 'Each image of the series reflects a...
"Breakfast Tacos" is a recreation of a Sunday breakfast at Ramirez's father's home, where he, his father, and his sister shared barbacoa tacos.
"Each image of the series reflects a crystallized moment in time primarily centered on food gatherings but devoid of any human presence. Ramirez meticulously recreates his still life to realize the aftermath of convivial San Antonio moments. Looking to the historical still life genre of the 17th century Dutch Vanitas paintings and their symbolic references to life's impermanence, Ramierez reconstructs his temporary images to exhibit the aftermath and the forgotten remnants of social memory. His conceptual objectives range from elevating the mundane, critiquing over consumption, and personifying his local cultural food waste.” - Dr. Claudia Zapata, Curatorial Assistant of Latinx Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
"I see many entry points to explore other aspects of cultural and social history and different experiences. Where you might see a foil wrapper, I look at and ask questions about food consumption. What or how are we eating this? About production distribution, where and how did the food get to the table? Where you see a taco, I see culture and tradition. Where you see a can of Lonestar Miller beer, I think about German immigration and the business and economics of the beer industry. Food plays different roles and carries a variety of meanings. Food is nourishment, food is identity, food is memory, food is politics. I like to think that Ramirez is actually thinking about all these deeper subjects here in this work.” - Steve Velasquez, Curator for the Division of Home and Community Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
"Each image of the series reflects a crystallized moment in time primarily centered on food gatherings but devoid of any human presence. Ramirez meticulously recreates his still life to realize the aftermath of convivial San Antonio moments. Looking to the historical still life genre of the 17th century Dutch Vanitas paintings and their symbolic references to life's impermanence, Ramierez reconstructs his temporary images to exhibit the aftermath and the forgotten remnants of social memory. His conceptual objectives range from elevating the mundane, critiquing over consumption, and personifying his local cultural food waste.” - Dr. Claudia Zapata, Curatorial Assistant of Latinx Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
"I see many entry points to explore other aspects of cultural and social history and different experiences. Where you might see a foil wrapper, I look at and ask questions about food consumption. What or how are we eating this? About production distribution, where and how did the food get to the table? Where you see a taco, I see culture and tradition. Where you see a can of Lonestar Miller beer, I think about German immigration and the business and economics of the beer industry. Food plays different roles and carries a variety of meanings. Food is nourishment, food is identity, food is memory, food is politics. I like to think that Ramirez is actually thinking about all these deeper subjects here in this work.” - Steve Velasquez, Curator for the Division of Home and Community Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Exhibitions
Together, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art; curator: Catherine Walworth, Brian J. Lang and Theresa Bembnister, 2023Still/Live, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; curator: Emily Handlin, 2021
Chuck Ramirez: Metaphorical Portraits, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2020
All This and Heaven Too, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; curator: Rene Paul Barilleaux and Hilary Schroeder, 2017
Chuck in Context, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2017
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Traveling to Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; and Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee; curator: Carmen E. Ramos, 2013
Chuck Ramírez: Minimally Baroque, Ruiz-Healy Art, and Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio; curator: Victor Zamudio-Taylor, 2011
Seven Days, Galerie Khadrberlin, Berlin, Germany, 2004
Seven Days, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
Seven Days, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2004
Literature
Romo, Ricardo. “Chuck Ramirez’s Visual Interpretations of Latino Culture.” Latinos in America, October 4, 2022Rodriguez, Freddy. “Blue Star Contemporary Will Honor Chuck Ramírez at Red Dot Fundraiser.” San Antonio Current, May 16, 2016
Publications
Exhibition Catalogue, Chuck Ramirez: Metaphorical Portraits, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2020, p. 5 (illustrated)Exhibition Catalogue, Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; curator: Rene Paul Barilleaux and Hilary Schroeder, 2017, p. 52 (illustrated)
Ferrer, Elizabeth. Latinx Photography in the United States. A Visual History, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2020 (illustrated)
Ramos, Carmen E. “What is Latino About American Art.” in Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art. Washington, DC: The Smithsonian American Art Museum / D. Giles Limited, London, 2014 (illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue, Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque, Ruiz-Healy Art, and Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; curator: Victor Zamudio-Taylor, 2011, p. 36 (illustrated)
Anspon, Catherine, Texas Artists Today, Seattle: Marquand Books, 2010, p. 98 (illustrated)
Yood, James, Tema Celeste, Gabrius S.p.A., Simona Vendrame, 2004, p. 78 (illustrated)