Martin Ramirez, a Mexican migrant worker and psychiatric patient without formal artistic training, has been hailed by leading New York art critics as one of the twentieth century s greatest artists. His work has been exhibited alongside masters such as Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tama...

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1. Verfasser:	Espinosa, Víctor M. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Austin University of Texas Press 2015
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schlagworte:	Ramirez, Martín > 1885-1960 Biografie
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Zusammenfassung:	Martin Ramirez, a Mexican migrant worker and psychiatric patient without formal artistic training, has been hailed by leading New York art critics as one of the twentieth century s greatest artists. His work has been exhibited alongside masters such as Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, and Joan Miro. A landmark exhibition of Ramirez s work at the American Folk Art Museum in 2007 broke attendance records and garnered praise from major media, including the "New York Times," "New Yorker," and "Village Voice.""Martin Ramirez" offers the first sustained look at the life and critical reception of this acclaimed artist. Victor Espinosa challenges the stereotype of outsider art as an indecipherable enigma by delving into Ramirez s biography and showing how he transformed memories of his life in Mexico, as well as his experiences of displacement and seclusion in the United States, into powerful works of art. Espinosa then traces the reception of Ramirez s work, from its first anonymous showings in the 1950s to contemporary exhibitions and individual works that have sold for as much as a half-million dollars
Beschreibung:	xi, 298 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten llustrationen
ISBN:	9781477307755 1477307753