Paul Ramírez Jonas

Paper Moon (I Create as I Speak) (2008)
Performative installation
Paper Moon (I Create as I Speak) (2008)
Performative installation
Prologue (2008)
Mixed media
Installation
Prologue (2008)
Mixed media
Installation
We Make Change (2008)
Penny press machine and pennies
Installation
We Make Change (2008)
Penny press machine and pennies
Installation
Talisman (2008)
Mixed media
Talisman (2008)
Mixed media
Self-Portrait, Killing Time (1998)
Cibachrome print
20h x 24w in (50.8h x 60.96w cm)
Self-Portrait, Killing Time (1998)
Cibachrome print
20h x 24w in (50.8h x 60.96w cm)

Biography

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The poetic installations, sculptures, and media-based artworks of Paul Ramírez Jonas (b. 1965) have pushed the boundaries of conceptualist art since the early 1990s, drawing on themes of geographic exploration, national identity and democracy.

The work of Ramírez Jonas has been included in the 53rd Venice Biennial (Pabellon de America Latina); the 7th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil; and the The Quick and the Dead, curated by Peter Eleey at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Recent solo museum exhibitions include The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2008); The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin (2007); and a mid-career survey at IKON Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom (2004). Public art commissions include Hudson River Park, New York, NY; and Taylor Square, Cambridge, MA (2005).

Articles / Reviews

  • Ramírez Jonas Artforum December 2011  PDF 565 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Projeto Octógono Arte Contemporânea July 20, 2011  PDF 3.2 MB
  • Ramírez Jonas The Brooklyn Rail June 1 2011  PDF 249 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Artforum March 10, 2011  PDF 135 K
  • Ramírez Jonas The New Yorker March 2011  PDF 59 K
  • Ramírez Jonas New York Daily News June 4, 2010  PDF 75 K
  • Ramírez Jonas New York Post June 4, 2010  PDF 74 K
  • Ramírez Jonas The Village Voice June 1, 2010  PDF 142 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Baltic May 29, 2010  PDF 4.7 MB
  • Ramírez Jonas The New Yorker April 27, 2009  PDF 110 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art 2008  PDF 84 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Time Out New York June 21, 2007  PDF 592 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Ikon Catalogue 2004  PDF 379 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Art in America June 2003  PDF 326 K
  • Ramírez Jonas ARTnews June 2001  PDF 782 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Artforum March 1998  PDF 147 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Artforum Summer 1996  PDF 113 K
  • Ramírez Jonas Time Out New York February 28, 1996  PDF 113 K

Series / Projects