Tag: Martín Ramírez
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Martín Ramírez: Forever
Martín Ramírez, an “outsider” artist from Mexico, who spent most of his life in US mental institutions, created enduring images of his native land and his life before confinement, bringing the importance of emotional experience to the forefront of art-making
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Art made in the trenches of life
Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum American Folk Art Museum, New York City 13 May – 17 August 2014
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Martin Ramirez Masters the Secret of Time
Until recently, few people knew much about his life in Mexico and early years in the states. Now that a biography has been pieced together, the American Folk Art Museum in New York has staged a retrospective for the artist.…
