Martin Ramirez: Reframing Confinement
(Exhibition catalog)
2010Lawrence, L. Cooke; B. Davis Anderson; J Lawrence; L. Perez-Oramas
200 pages (color)
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1895 Jalisco, Mexico - 1963 Auburn, California. Known for: Outsider art, naive figure and animal paintings, drawings, collage.
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one was really sure if the women, horsemen, buildings and trains that appear in them were pure products of his imagination or portrayals of specific subjects in the real world that had particular meanings... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one was really sure if the women, horsemen, buildings and trains that appear in them were pure products of his imagination or portrayals of specific subjects in the real world that had particular meanings for the artist. What was Ramirez trying to express?" . Marked by a reverberating and repetitive line, his drawings have an obsessive quality. Of the 300 plus extant works, the most recurring images are the horse and rider and trains, potent symbols of... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one was really sure if the women, horsemen, buildings and trains that appear in them were pure products of his imagination or portrayals of specific subjects in the real world that had particular meanings for the artist. What was Ramirez trying to express?" . Marked by a reverberating and repetitive line, his drawings have an obsessive quality. Of the 300 plus extant works, the most recurring images are the horse and rider and trains, potent symbols of the freedom and escape that were denied to him. The self-taught Ramirez, before he took up art th... Read full biography
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Martin Ramirez: Reframing Confinement
2010Martin Ramirez: The Last Works
2008Anderson, Brooke Davis; Richard Rodriquez; Wayne Thiebaud160 pages (color)Martin Ramirez
2007Davis, Brooke192 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesMasterworks from the American Folk Art Museum
2001
(Exhibition catalog)Hollander, Stacy C.; Brooke Davis Anderson0 pages (color)Contemporary American Folk Art A Collectors's Guide
1996Rosenak, Chuck and Jan320 pages (color)A World of Their Own: Twentieth Century American Folk Art (Newark Museum)
1995Jacobs, Joseph88 pages (color)Common Ground/Uncommon Vision Michael & Julie Hall Collection American Folk Art
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Lippard, Lucy/J Hayes/K Ames335 pages (color)American Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artists
1993Maresca, Frank, Roger Ricco298 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)Hispanic Art in the United States
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Beardsley, John/J Livingston260 pages (color)American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century
1983Johnson, Jay; William Ketchum342 pages (color)Folk Painters of America
1979Bishop, Robert255 pages (color)