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 advertisings enduring slogan, sex sells. This catalogue is an homage to Mel Ramos, in celebration of his eightieth birthday.

Hersteller:
Christoph Kerber GmbH & Co. KG
Jens Bartneck
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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 195758 Sacramento State College, USA (B.A. 1957 / M.A. 1958) 195556 San José State College, USA 195455 Sacramento Junior College, USA Lehrtätigkeit 196697 California State University, East Bay, USA 1966 Arizona State University-Tempe, USA 196566 Sacramento State University, USA 196066 Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, USA 195860 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