Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque: Blue Star Contemporary
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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Chuck RamirezBrooms: Bleached Lilac, 2007, 2011Pigment inkjet print60 x 48", 152.4 x 121.9 cm
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Chuck Ramirez, Brooms: Escoba Perdida Vieja, 2007
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Chuck Ramirez, Brooms: Orange Pushbroom, 2007
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Chuck Ramirez, Coconut: Inner Shell, 1997
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Chuck RamirezCoconut: Outer Shell, 1997Pigment inkjet print48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm
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Chuck Ramirez, Coconut: White Coconut, 1997
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine: Green Paper, 2000
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine: Pink Ribbon, 2000
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine: Purple Ribbon, 2000
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine: Turquoise, 2000
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine: White Carnations, 2000
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine Series: Red Roses, 2000
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Chuck Ramirez, Quarantine Series: Yellow Roses, 2000
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Chuck RamirezTrash Bags: Absolut, 1998Pigment inkjet print60 x 48 in
152.4 x 121.9 cmEdition of 10 -
Chuck RamirezTrash Bags: Black Sack 1, 1998Pigment inkjet print60 x 48 in
152.4 x 121.9 cmEdition of 10 -
Chuck RamirezTrash Bags: Vegan, 1998Pigment inkjet print60 x 48 in
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Chuck RamirezSantos Series (Brady Bunch), 1996Pigment inkjet print, edition of 678 x 108 in
198.1 x 274.3 cm
(22 x 30 in, 55.9 x 76.2 cm each)Edition of 6