Mel Ramos Art
American, 1935-2018
Mel Ramos’s provocative, humorous paintings mix idealized nude women with the imagery of popular culture—Coca Cola bottles, movie posters, and the like. A prolific artist from his emergence in the 1960s onward, Ramos has often based his nudes on the female celebrities of the day, from Marilyn Monroe to Scarlett Johansson. His style references the sensuality and glossy flatness of pin-ups and Playboy spreads and has drawn the ire of feminists and art critics alike, despite Ramos’s assertion that his works are “apolitical”. Though clearly aligned with Pop art in his appropriation of imagery from mass media and consumer products, Ramos calls his practice rooted in Surrealism and its emphasis on “absurd conjunctions”—in his case, a beautiful nude woman emerging from a Snickers wrapper or lounging seductively in a banana split.(Biography provided by Hamilton-Selway Fine Art)
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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Artist: Mel Ramos
Miss Chiquita #1 (Light box Wall Sculpture)
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Miss Chiquita #1
Year: 2016
Medium: Sculpture Multiple: Lightbox - LED dimmable, Steel Lasercut, Synthetic Resin, signature and numbering...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Hollywood Suite of 10 Signed Lithographs
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Hollywood Suite
Year: 2009
Medium: Suite of 10 Lithographs, each signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 30
Size: 20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 c...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Y from the Hollywood Suite (Jennifer Aniston)
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original painting by Pop Icon Mel Ramos depicting his imagination of Jennifer Aniston. The painting is signed and dated verso. It has its origina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Oil
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