Paul Henry Ramirez “Eccentric Stimuli”
RYAN LEE
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RYAN LEE presents Paul Henry Ramirez’s Eccentric Stimuli, an exhibition of paintings and drawings from his most recent body of work. Eccentric Stimuli builds on his signature style of bold forms and introduces a selection of new engaging figures that are bold in form and soft in palette. Works from this series were recently featured in “Beauty Reigns: A Baroque Sensibility in Recent Painting,” a traveling museum show organized by the McNay Museum of Art. A new group of smaller works that are a continuation of this series is on view for the first time.
The figures initially appear to be in quiet repose, but under deeper inspection a subtle tension squeezes, presses, and caresses to initiate a transformation. In contrast to previous paintings where bright and bold colors took center stage, these newest creations have a delicate palette with subtle punctuations of bright and fluorescent colors taking on supplementary qualities.
Exclusive to this body of work are Ramirez’s bold and fresh biogeomorphic abstractions, a term coined by the artist to describe his combinations of biomorphic and geometric forms that are
based in figuration. Elements are pared down in order to highlight the bones of the figure. His use of color reinforces the playful manner of his work and presents a reduction of the body to its most basic shapes. He merges billowing corsets and raveling tendrils with geometric forms evolved from earlier bodies of work. Replete with swollen silhouettes, chromatic paint pours, and delicate lines, his compositions are simultaneously unpredictable and composed, organic and meticulous.
Eccentric Stimuli made its first appearance as a site-specific installation at the McNay Museum of Art and was reconfigured for the Akron Art Museum in Ohio.
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Schedule
from September 10, 2015 to October 24, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-09-10 from 18:00 to 20:00