Installation images by Daniel Terna
Installation images by Daniel Terna
Chuck Ramirez American, 1962-2010
Candy Tray: Fouquet's, Paris, 2003, 2011
Pigment inkjet print
48 x 36 in
121.9 x 91.4 cm
121.9 x 91.4 cm
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Further images
Ramirez’ frequent choice of a glossy white background for his objects—and his posing of those objects—is crucial. The chocolate tray appears “hung” face-on, which isn’t how one usually sees such...
Ramirez’ frequent choice of a glossy white background for his objects—and his posing of those objects—is crucial. The chocolate tray appears “hung” face-on, which isn’t how one usually sees such objects when they lay casually open on a table. Often working with the idea of the disposable Fouquets, Paris, a treat from a posh Parisian restaurant, seems to be on the verge of being tossed. Ramirez illustrates that pleasure, no matter how luxurious, has a cost of being consumed but not before you enjoy it.
Exhibitions
Contemporary Bodegones, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, NY, 2024
Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; curators: Rene Barrilleaux and Hilary Schroeder, 2017.
Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque, Ruiz-Healy Art, and Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; curator: Victor Zamudio-Taylor, 2011.
Literature
Publications
Exhibition Catalogue, Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; curators: Rene Barrilleaux and Hilary Schroeder, 2017, p. 61 (illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue, Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque, Ruiz-Healy Art, and Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; curator: Victor Zamudio-Taylor, 2011, p. 21, 35 (illustrated)
