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Biography |
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1935 |
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Born in Sacramento, CA |
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Sacramento State College, B.A., Sacramento, CA |
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Sacramento State College, M.A., Sacramento, CA |
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Sacramento Junior College, Sacramento, CA |
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San Jose State College, San Jose, CA |
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Though primarily a figurative painter, Mel Ramos has experimented freely with realist and abstract art forms for the past twenty years. A few of his works, such as the ones here, embody both formats. This combination works to enhance the detail and feature of each format while detracting from the duality of the image making it wholly singular. The popularity of his works is evident in the fact that since 1959 he has participated in more than 120 group shows. Born in Sacramento, Calif. in 1935 he has enjoyed great success and critical acclaim as an adventuresome artist with the creativity and sense of humor it takes to remain on top. Mel Ramos received his first important recognition in the early 1960s. Ramos, along with other artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist, produced art works that celebrated aspects of popular culture as represented in mass media. His paintings were shown along with theirs in major exhibitions of Pop Art both in this country and in Europe and were reproduced, often with irony, in books, catalogs, and periodicals throughout the world. Some critical observers of the "art scene" persist in classifying Mel Ramos as a Pop Artist. His identification with the Pop movement of the 1960's was much too narrow to account for the broader context of his paintings. His humor is not satire or ridicule. His "parodies" are respectful, affectionate tributes, a celebration of images with personal meaning. |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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True Romance, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich |
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2008 |
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Posing, Kunsthalle Dermstadt, Darmstadt |
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2007 |
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Prime Time - Idols and Icons, Vonderbank Artgalleries - Berlin, Berlin |
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2007 |
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Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection, Oklahoma CIty Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK |
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2006 |
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Life as a Legend - Marilyn Monroe, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL |
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2005 |
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Photorealism, THen and Now, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL |
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2005 |
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Girls on film, Zwirner & Wirth, New York |
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2004 |
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Summer Jam, Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Dusseldorf |
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2003 |
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Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany |
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2003 |
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Riva Yares Gallery, Phoenix, AZ |
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2003 |
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Bemarducci-Meisel, New York |
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2002 |
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Modernism, San Francisco |
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2002 |
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Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany |
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2002 |
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Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France |
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2001 |
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Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
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2001 |
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Galeria Alvarez, Porto, Portugal |
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2001 |
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Palazzo dei Sette, Comune di Orvieto, Italy |
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2001 |
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Galerie Hilger, Vienna, Austria |
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2001 |
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Galleria d’Arte Maggiore, Bologna |
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2000 |
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Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, EXPO 2000 - Cologne, Germany |
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2000 |
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Galerie Vonderbank, Frankfurt, Germany |
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2000 |
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Kunsthaus, Cologne, Germany |
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2000 |
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Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany |
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2000 |
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Galerie Levy, Hamburg, Germany |
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2000 |
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Kunstforum Fränkisches Seenland, Gunzenhausen, Germany |
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1999 |
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Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Essen ,Germany |
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1999 |
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Domestica, San Giovani Valderno, Italy |
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1999 |
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Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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1999 |
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Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany |
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1999 |
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Kunsthaus Hannover, Germany |
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1999 |
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Louis Meisel Gallery, New York |
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1999 |
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Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy |
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1998 |
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Galerie Eikelmann & Auktionhaus Karbsten, Dusseldorf |
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1998 |
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Galeria Nova, Bad Homburg, Germany |
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1997 |
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Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles |
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1997 |
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Mel Ramos - Oleos, Acuareias, Dibujos, Galeria Levy Madrid, Spain |
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1996 |
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Attention to Detail (Realism in All Forms), Louis K. Meisel Gallery New York, NY |
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1991 |
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Mel Ramos - The Heroine of 1962-64, Louis K. Meisel Gallery New York, NY |
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1987 - 1988 |
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The Artists of California: A Group Portrait in Mixed Media, The Oakland Museum Oakland, CA |
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1986 |
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Mel Ramos Early Paintings, Galerie Tanja Grunert Cologne, W. Germany |
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1984 - 1985 |
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Automobile and Culture, The Museum of Cotemporary Art Los Angeles, CA |
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1980 |
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Mel Ramos: A Twenty Year Survey, The Rose Art Museum, Brandies University Waltham, MA |
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1979 |
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Selections from the Frederick Weisman Collection of California Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art Washinton, DC |
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1974 |
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Pop Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY |
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1974 |
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Solo Exhibition, David Stuart Gallery New York, NY |
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1970 |
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Pop Prints, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY |
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1964 |
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Bianchini Gallery New York, NY |
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