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Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque: Blue Star Contemporary

Past exhibition
September 1 - November 6, 2011 San Antonio
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine Series: Yellow Roses, 2000, Pigment Inkjet Print, 46 x 34", Ed. of 5/6
Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine Series: Yellow Roses, 2000, Pigment Inkjet Print, 46 x 34", Ed. of 5/6

The exhibition, Minimally Baroque, is a tribute to Chuck Ramirez and his practice as well as the first posthumous exhibit of his work. Quarantine, Broom, Santos, Trash Bags, and Coconut Series, selected by curator Victor Zamudio-Taylor, for the Blue Star  Contemporary retrospective offers a rare view of Ramirez’s method of working in sequences, presenting several almost-complete collections of his most minimalist series. Ramirez’s other celebrated series like: Candy Tray, Pinatas, Seven Day, Purse Portrait and Acenar are concurrently on view at Ruiz-Healy Art.  

 

Beginning in the mid-1990s, Ramirez took the skills that he used to design catalogues and product labels to transform objects from beyond the periphery of consumer desire — worn-out dust brooms, wilting flower arrangements — into chic, radiant images. Ramirez was a master of rasquachismo, art that elevates the simple, often cast-off remnants of everyday life to high art status. He faithfully depicted the undervalued bits of the local, but the art that resulted is far from vernacular.

 

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Works
  • Chuck Ramirez Brooms: Bleached Lilac, 2007, 2011 Pigment inkjet print 60 x 48", 152.4 x 121.9 cm 1 / 3
    Chuck Ramirez
    Brooms: Bleached Lilac, 2007, 2011
    Pigment inkjet print
    60 x 48", 152.4 x 121.9 cm
    1 / 3
  • Chuck Ramirez Brooms: Escoba Perdida Vieja, 2007 Pigment inkjet print, edition of 3 and 6 respectively 60 x 48 in, 152.4 x 121.9 cm or 24.5 x 20 in, 62.2 x 50.8 cm
    Chuck Ramirez
    Brooms: Escoba Perdida Vieja, 2007
    Pigment inkjet print, edition of 3 and 6 respectively
    60 x 48 in, 152.4 x 121.9 cm
    or 24.5 x 20 in, 62.2 x 50.8 cm
  • Chuck Ramirez Brooms: Orange Pushbroom, 2007/2011 Pigment inkjet print 60 x 48" 152.4 x 121.9 cm 1 / 3
    Chuck Ramirez
    Brooms: Orange Pushbroom, 2007/2011
    Pigment inkjet print
    60 x 48"
    152.4 x 121.9 cm
    1 / 3
  • Chuck Ramirez Coconut: Inner Shell, 1997 Pigment inkjet print 48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm or 16 x 16 in, 40.6 x 40.6 cm Edition of 10
    Chuck Ramirez
    Coconut: Inner Shell, 1997
    Pigment inkjet print
    48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm
    or 16 x 16 in, 40.6 x 40.6 cm
    Edition of 10
  • Chuck Ramirez Coconut: Outer Shell, 1997 Pigment inkjet print 48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm or 16 x 16 in, 40.6 x 40.6 cm Edition of 10
    Chuck Ramirez
    Coconut: Outer Shell, 1997
    Pigment inkjet print
    48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm
    or 16 x 16 in, 40.6 x 40.6 cm
    Edition of 10
  • Chuck Ramirez Coconut: White Coconut, 1997 Pigment inkjet print 48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm or 16 x 16 in, 40.6 x 40.6 cm Edition of 10
    Chuck Ramirez
    Coconut: White Coconut, 1997
    Pigment inkjet print
    48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm
    or 16 x 16 in, 40.6 x 40.6 cm
    Edition of 10
  • Chuck Ramirez Quarantine: Green Paper, 2000, 2011 Pigment inkjet print 46 x 34 in 116.8 x 86.4 cm Edition of 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Quarantine: Green Paper, 2000, 2011
    Pigment inkjet print
    46 x 34 in
    116.8 x 86.4 cm
    Edition of 6
  • Chuck Ramirez Quarantine: Pink Ribbon, 2000, 2011 Pigment inkjet print 46 x 34" 116.8 x 86.4 cm 3 / 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Quarantine: Pink Ribbon, 2000, 2011
    Pigment inkjet print
    46 x 34"
    116.8 x 86.4 cm
    3 / 6
  • Chuck Ramirez Quarantine: Purple Ribbon, 2000, 2011 Pigment inkjet print 46 x 34 in 116.8 x 86.4 cm 3 / 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Quarantine: Purple Ribbon, 2000, 2011
    Pigment inkjet print
    46 x 34 in
    116.8 x 86.4 cm
    3 / 6
  • Chuck Ramirez Quarantine: Turquoise, 2000, 2011 Pigment inkjet print 46 x 34" 116.8 x 86.4 cm 4 / 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Quarantine: Turquoise, 2000, 2011
    Pigment inkjet print
    46 x 34"
    116.8 x 86.4 cm
    4 / 6
  • Chuck Ramirez Quarantine: White Carnations, 2000, 2011 Pigment inkjet print 46 x 34 in 116.8 x 86.4 cm Edition of 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Quarantine: White Carnations, 2000, 2011
    Pigment inkjet print
    46 x 34 in
    116.8 x 86.4 cm
    Edition of 6
  • Chuck Ramirez Quarantine Series: Yellow Roses, 2000 Pigment inkjet print 46 x 34 in 116.8 x 86.4 cm Edition of 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Quarantine Series: Yellow Roses, 2000
    Pigment inkjet print
    46 x 34 in
    116.8 x 86.4 cm
    Edition of 6
  • Chuck Ramirez Quarantine Series: Red Roses, 2000 Pigment inkjet print 46 x 34 in 116.8 x 86.4 cm Edition of 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Quarantine Series: Red Roses, 2000
    Pigment inkjet print
    46 x 34 in
    116.8 x 86.4 cm
    Edition of 6
  • Chuck Ramirez Trash Bags: Absolut, 1998 Pigment inkjet print 60 x 48 in 152.4 x 121.9 cm Edition of 10
    Chuck Ramirez
    Trash Bags: Absolut, 1998
    Pigment inkjet print
    60 x 48 in
    152.4 x 121.9 cm
    Edition of 10
  • Chuck Ramirez Trash Bags: Black Sack 1, 1998 Pigment inkjet print 60 x 48 in 152.4 x 121.9 cm Edition of 10
    Chuck Ramirez
    Trash Bags: Black Sack 1, 1998
    Pigment inkjet print
    60 x 48 in
    152.4 x 121.9 cm
    Edition of 10
  • Chuck Ramirez Trash Bags: Vegan, 1998 Pigment inkjet print 60 x 48 in 152.4 x 121.9 cm Edition of 10
    Chuck Ramirez
    Trash Bags: Vegan, 1998
    Pigment inkjet print
    60 x 48 in
    152.4 x 121.9 cm
    Edition of 10
  • Chuck Ramirez Santos Series (Brady Bunch), 1996 Pigment inkjet print, edition of 6 78 x 108 in 198.1 x 274.3 cm (22 x 30 in, 55.9 x 76.2 cm each) Edition of 6
    Chuck Ramirez
    Santos Series (Brady Bunch), 1996
    Pigment inkjet print, edition of 6
    78 x 108 in
    198.1 x 274.3 cm
    (22 x 30 in, 55.9 x 76.2 cm each)
    Edition of 6
Installation Views
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Publications
  • Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque  I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Essays by Frances Colpitt, Jennifer Davy, Ariel Evans, Sarah Fisch, Anjali Gupta, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Chris Sauter, Hills Snyder, Carla Stellweg, Victor Zamudio-Taylor 2011
    Paperback 48 pages
    Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art and Contemporary at Blue Star
    Dimensions: 11" x 8.5"
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