Mel Ramos at Crocker Art Museum, presented by Hilger modern/contemporary
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| Mel Ramos, Peek-a-Boo #1, 2012.
Light box, steel cut, acrylic, 100 x 75 x 7cm, ed. 12.* |
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Mel Ramos
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Hilger modern/contemporary is proud to announce Mel Ramos's 50
Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights. A Sacramento
native, internationally acclaimed Mel Ramos (b. 1935) is one of the city's
most celebrated artists. This is the first American museum survey of his
work in more than 35 years and follows his recent solo exhibition at the
Albertina in Vienna, Austria. The exhibition showcases each of the artist's
creative phases, including his Abstract Expressionist early works, his
comic book heroes from the 1960s, and the commercially inspired nudes that
made him famous. The latter, which he started painting in the mid-1960s and
continues to produce today, feature female figures wrapped around giant
Coca-Cola bottles, popping out of candy wrappers, and lounging on fresh
fruit and a host of consumer products. The exhibition also includes
examples from the artist's series of art historical tributes, in which he
combines masterworks with sex appeal, as well as his lesser-known paintings
of the California landscape and recent figurative sculptures. (Text:
Crocker Art Museum) |
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