Mel Ramos

Superman im Supermarkt
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-3-7356-0166-7
Verlag: Kerber Christof Verlag

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 96 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

In 1963 Mel Ramos, one of the first artists to embrace Pop Art, developed a preference for a tantalizing, seductive visual Language. In typical Pop Art colors, beauty queens and nude Hollywood stars are combined with commodities to populate his paintings. In accordance with advertising aesthetics, he placed female bodies in erotic, occasionally vulgar poses on top of consumer goods, thus taking his theme from advertising’s enduring slogan, “sex sells.” This catalogue is an homage to Mel Ramos, in celebration of his eightieth birthday.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacoby, Konstantin

Levy, Thomas

Weitere Mitwirkende

Partrige, Matthew

Ahrens, Lydia

Levy, Thomas

Über Autor(innen)

Biographie

Melvin John Ramos wurde am 24. Juli 1935 in Sacramento, Kalifornien geboren.
Er lebt und arbeitet in Oakland, Kalifornien und Horta de San Juan, Spanien.

Ausbildung
1957-58 Sacramento State College, USA (B.A. 1957 / M.A. 1958)
1955-56 San José State College, USA
1954-55 Sacramento Junior College, USA

Lehrtätigkeit

1966-97 California State University, East Bay, USA
1966 Arizona State University-Tempe, USA
1965-66 Sacramento State University, USA
1960-66 Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, USA
1958-60 Elk Grove High School, Sacramento, USA

Studienaufenthalte

1973 University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
1970 Syracuse University, New York, USA
Auszeichnungen | Grants
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
United States / France Exchange Fellowship
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