Chuck Ramirez American, 1962-2010
Dust Collections and other Tchotchke: White and Red Hen (diptych), 1995, 2026
Pigment inkjet print on cotton watercolor paper
14 x 12 in (each)
35.6 x 30.5 cm (each)
35.6 x 30.5 cm (each)
Edition of 10
Printed via inkjet on high-grade cotton watercolor paper, the piece depicts a pair of frosted-glass hens. Known for his computer-enhanced images of everyday objects, Ramirez examines how popular imagery, ephemera,...
Printed via inkjet on high-grade cotton watercolor paper, the piece depicts a pair of frosted-glass hens. Known for his computer-enhanced images of everyday objects, Ramirez examines how popular imagery, ephemera, and memorabilia permeate Mexican American culture. From his "Dust Collection and Other Tchotkes" series, the two prints form a mirrored diptych, as the artist first displayed them in 1995. On close inspection, the identical, vertically opposed prints reveal screened images of an antique frosted-glass hen with a burgundy-toned head and neck. Mirroring, a practice dating to the early Renaissance and popularized by the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, has often explored identity and mortality and, more recently, has commented on mass production and duality.
