Mel Ramos More 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.to
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Artist: Mel Ramos
Cacciucco - Coco Pazzo - New York, NY
By Mel Ramos
Located in New York, NY
Mel Ramos
Cacciucco - Coco Pazzo - New York, NY, ca. 2000
Ceramic Plate
Artist signature fired into the plate on the back and numbered 243 from the edition of only 510.
10 inches diameter
Unframed
Makes a memorable gift! This striking, extremely rare limited edition, signed and numbered bowl/plate was handmade in southern Italy by master artisans near Vietri sul Mare. It was designed by renowned American Pop artist Mel Ramos. From the late 1990s through the millenium, Buon Ricordo...
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Mel Ramos 50 Years of Pop Art Book (signed, dated and inscribed by Mel Ramos)
By Mel Ramos
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Mel Ramos 50 Years of Pop Art (Hand signed, dated and inscribed to Nadine by Mel Ramos), 2010
Softback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Mel Ramos)
Hand...
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Vintage 1965 announcement card announcing the forthcoming publication of Mel Ramos' famed Virna Burger screen prints at Bianchini Gallery, New York November 2nd to November 23rd, 1965. A very cool frame piece.
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