Chuck Ramirez American, 1962-2010
Lost and Found: Buddha, 2008; 2015
Permanent ink print on resin-coated Epson paper
40 x 32 in
101.6 x 81.3 cm
101.6 x 81.3 cm
AP 1/2
The Lost and Found series comprises eleven open suitcases photographed against a white background, exposing their contents for all to see. What’s inside reads like a personality study. The portraits’...
The Lost and Found series comprises eleven open suitcases photographed against a white background, exposing their contents for all to see. What’s inside reads like a personality study. The portraits’ playful nicknames, given to them by the artist and friends, read like prompts for a short story, sparking the imagination: “Granny Goes to Vegas,” “Buddha,” and “Dancing Shoes.” Health obsessions, OCD orderliness, a fixation on cosmetics—the visual narratives reflect the wide variety of travelers juxtaposed together.
Exhibitions
20 Years: Ruiz-Healy Art, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2026-7Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too, McNay Art Museum; curators: Rene Paul Barilleaux and Hilary Schroeder, San Antonio, TX, 2017 (catalogue)
Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque, Ruiz-Healy Art, and Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; curator: Victor Zamudio-Taylor, 2011 (catalogue)
Publications
Exhibition Catalogue, Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too, McNay Art Museum; curators: Rene Paul Barilleaux and Hilary Schroeder, San Antonio, TX, 2017, p. 67 (illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue, Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque, Ruiz-Healy Art, and Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; curator: Victor Zamudio-Taylor, editor: Anjali Gupta, 2011, p. 41 (illustrated)
