{"product_id":"martin-ramirez-framing-his-life-and-art-hardback-9781477307755","title":"Martín Ramírez; Framing His Life and Art (Hardback) 9781477307755","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMartín Ramírez\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFraming His Life and Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVíctor M. Espinosa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477307755, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.821 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Elegant in both prose and argument, Espinosa’s book untangles RamÍrez’s work from the conditions within which it has been defined in order to celebrate the radical complexities of the artist’s aesthetics and the power of recognizing him as 'an example of resistance, survival, and artistic agency from the perspective of a subaltern subjectivity.'\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Publishers Weekly) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Intellectually rigorous and deeply moving . . . As Espinosa tracks the path of RamÍrez’s work out into the art world in this meticulous, corrective, and humanizing portrait of a remarkably persevering artist, he raises disquieting questions about immigration, race, mental illness, creativity, and how we categorize and value art.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Booklist, starred review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartÍn RamÍrez, a Mexican migrant worker and psychiatric patient without formal artistic training, has been hailed by leading New York art critics as one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists. His work has been exhibited alongside masters such as JosÉ Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Salvador DalÍ, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, and Joan MirÓ. A landmark exhibition of RamÍrez’s work at the American Folk Art Museum in 2007 broke attendance records and garnered praise from major media, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartÍn RamÍrez\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first sustained look at the life and critical reception of this acclaimed artist. VÍctor Espinosa challenges the stereotype of outsider art as an indecipherable enigma by delving into RamÍrez’s biography and showing how he transformed memories of his life in Mexico, as well as his experiences of displacement and seclusion in the United States, into powerful works of art. Espinosa then traces the reception of RamÍrez’s work, from its first anonymous showings in the 1950s to contemporary exhibitions and individual works that have sold for as much as a half-million dollars. This eloquently told story reveals how RamÍrez’s three-decades-long incarceration in California psychiatric institutions and his classification as “chronic paranoid schizophrenic” stigmatized yet also protected what his hands produced. Stripping off the labels “psychotic artist” and “outsider master,” \u003ci\u003eMartÍn RamÍrez\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that his drawings are not passive manifestations of mental illness. Although he drew while confined as a psychiatric patient, the formal elements and content of RamÍrez’s artwork are shaped by his experiences of cultural and physical displacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Introducing MartÍ\u003cbr\u003en RamÍ\u003cbr\u003erez: A Transnational Migrant Worker from Los Altos de Jalisco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. \"\u003cbr\u003eDisoriented in Mind\"\u003cbr\u003e: RamÍ\u003cbr\u003erez's Involuntary Seclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Art inside a Total Institution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. A Psychotic Artist or the Mexican Henri Rousseau?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Marketing and Constructing the Reputation of an Outsider Master\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Enigma of MartÍ\u003cbr\u003en RamÍ\u003cbr\u003erez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734394171672,"sku":"9781477307755","price":28.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/martin-ramirez-framing-his-life-and-art-hardback-9781477307755","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}