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Michelle Ramin
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2012

About the Item

framed under glass Hailing from North Central Pennsylvania by way of Portland, Oregon, Michelle Ramin received her BA from Penn State University and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Ramin has exhibited locally and internationally, including at SOMArts, Southern Exposure, and Incline Gallery in San Francisco as well as Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, Froelick Gallery in Portland, the Contemporary Art Center in Las Vegas, and PR1 Gallery in the UK with recent exhibitions at SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery in NYC and the Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, CA. Ramin’s work has also been featured in such publications as the SF Chronicle, SF Weekly, Beautiful Decay, FecalFace, and New American Paintings, and is included in the Jimenez-Colon permanent collection in Puerto Rico. Ramin was also awarded the prestigious San Francisco Bay Guardian 2014 Goldie Award for Excellence in Visual Art. She currently lives and works in San Francisco. statement | | | "I make work that is figurative in nature, often utilizing watercolors and/or colored pencil on paper. Negative space is employed in order to focus the attention on the figures and to create an unknown other as the background. Imagination is required to give the figures a setting, which, in turn, creates a greater dialogue between the viewer and the piece. Conceptually, I feel compelled to expose the implications of masking - the kind seen in grainy surveillance tapes of bank robberies, in YouTube postings from Wall Street Occupiers, and on the faces of loved ones concealing bad news. In my 2011 and 2012 bodies of work, the ski mask or balaclava played an integral part in the portrayal of masking. In my more recent bodies of work, masking comes in a less literal form, often through layering of figures, occultation, or simply by posing the figures with their backs to the viewer. My work also discusses a particular socio-economic demographic and their lifestyles. This lifestyle can be considered "slacker" culture or "hipster" culture, emphasizing lounging, partying and inexpensive activities that young people can afford. As this also describes my own personal demographic, I consider many of these pieces to be self-portraits or at least portraits of my generation - a generation that is lost and is searching for something that prior generations can not help us find."

Creator:
Michelle Ramin (1982, American)
Creation Year:
2012
Dimensions:
Height: 26.75 in (67.95 cm)Width: 34 in (86.36 cm)
Medium:
Color Pencil,Paper
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New Orleans, LA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1052556282