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Before he received an M.F.A. from the [[California Institute of the Arts]]<ref>California Video: Artists and Histories By Glenn Phillips, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008</ref> he had studied painting at Southern Illinois University. He was a graduate assistant to [[Allan Kaprow]]. A [[conscientious objector]], Ramos was jailed for 18 months for [[draft evasion]]. |
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Early in his career he received a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Visual Arts Fellowship, a [[Rockefeller Foundation]] Fellowship, and an Aspen Fellowship from the [[Aspen Institute]]. During the 1970s and 1980s, Ramos traveled widely in Europe, Africa, China and the Middle East. He documented the end of Portugal's colonial rule in [[Cape Verde]] and in [[Guinea-Bissau]]. He was in [[Teheran]] during the 1980 [[Iran hostage crisis]]. |
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Before he received an M.F.A. from the [[California Institute of the Arts]] <ref>California Video: Artists and Histories By Glenn Phillips, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008</ref>he had studied painting at Southern Illinois University. He was a graduate assistant to [[Allan Kaprow]]. Ramos served an 18-month prison sentence for draft evasion. "His 1977 video About Media, included in the screening program, is an incisive deconstruction of television news. It documents an interview Ramos gave to news reporter Gabe Pressman on the subject of Ramos's eighteen-month prison term for draft evasion during the Vietnam War. Ramos appropriates the interview, contrasting the unedited interview footage with the final televised news report, exposing the artifice of television news."<nowiki>https://www.facebook.com/events/158699254145920/</nowiki> |
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Gabe Pressman Early in his carrier he received a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Visual Arts Fellowship, a [[Rockefeller Foundation]] Fellowship, and an Aspen Fellowship from the [[Aspen Institute]]. In the 1970s Ramos was a video consultant for the [[United Nations]] and the [[National Council of Churches]].<ref>https://www.artsy.net/artist/anthony-ramos</ref> He lived in [[Paris]] in the 1980s, where he was a Professor at the American Center and oversaw the first television cabling of Paris. During the 1970s and 1980s, Ramos traveled widely in Europe, Africa, China and the Middle East. He recorded video during the end of Portugal's colonial rule of [[Cape Verde]] and [[Guinea-Bissau]]. He was in [[Teheran]] during the 1980 [[Iran hostage crisis]]. In 1989 he was in [[Beijing]] just prior to the [[Tiananmen Square massacre]]. "Ramos used video as a tool for breaking down mass mediated "truth" and as means of cultural documentation. "In my tapes I attempt to develop a different perception of events... The information tells one story but it is not developed as a linear narrative."<ref>http://www.vdb.org/artists/anthony-ramos</ref> |
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==Exhibitions and |
== Exhibitions and screenings == |
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Ramos' pioneering video works have been shown at the |
Ramos' pioneering video works have been shown at the |
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* [[Pasadena Art Museum]], California (1973) |
* [[Pasadena Art Museum]], California (1973) |
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* [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] (1975) |
* [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] (1975) |
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* [[The Museum of Modern Art]], New York (1992) |
* [[The Museum of Modern Art]], New York (1992) |
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* Light Industry |
* [[Light Industry]], New York (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lightindustry.org/ramos|title=Light Industry|publisher=}}</ref> |
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* Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive at [[Dia: Beacon]] ( |
* Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive at [[Dia: Beacon]] (2011–2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diaart.org/events/main/493|title=Dia Art Foundation - Events|publisher=}}</ref> |
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* The Embodied Vision: Performance for the Camera at the [[Chiado Museum|Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado]] in Lisbon (2014) |
* The Embodied Vision: Performance for the Camera at the [[Chiado Museum|Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado]] in Lisbon (2014) |
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* Anthony Ramos: Vidéo et après at the [[Centre Pompidou]] in Paris (2014) |
* Anthony Ramos: Vidéo et après at the [[Centre Pompidou]] in Paris (2014) |
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* Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, |
* Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968–1986 at the [[Film Society of Lincoln Center]], New York (2015) |
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==Teaching and |
==Teaching and painting== |
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Anthony Ramos taught at [[Rhode Island School of Design]], [[New York University |
Anthony Ramos taught at [[Rhode Island School of Design]], [[New York University]], and the [[University of California at San Diego]], among others. Since the late 1980s he has primarily worked in painting. Several international venues exhibited his work, among them the [[American Jazz Museum]] and Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center, Kansas City; [[Dakar Biennale|Biennale de Dakar]], Senegal. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8f1g082DU/ "Some Aspects Of Cape Verdean Culture"], a re-discovered and restored documentary shot in 1975 |
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIaGvtoXcQ4/ "Cape Verde Independence July 5th and 6th, 1975"] |
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| NAME = Ramos, Anthony |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Ramos, Tony |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American artist |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1944 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Providence, Rhode Island |
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Anthony Ramos is an American video artist, performance artist and painter. He was born in 1944 in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives in the South of France.
Education, awards and early career
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (May 2017) |
Before he received an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts[1] he had studied painting at Southern Illinois University. He was a graduate assistant to Allan Kaprow. A conscientious objector, Ramos was jailed for 18 months for draft evasion.
Early in his career he received a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, and an Aspen Fellowship from the Aspen Institute. During the 1970s and 1980s, Ramos traveled widely in Europe, Africa, China and the Middle East. He documented the end of Portugal's colonial rule in Cape Verde and in Guinea-Bissau. He was in Teheran during the 1980 Iran hostage crisis.
Exhibitions and screenings
[edit]Ramos' pioneering video works have been shown at the
- Pasadena Art Museum, California (1973)
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1974)
- Whitney Museum of American Art (1975)
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1992)
- Light Industry, New York (2010)[2]
- Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive at Dia: Beacon (2011–2012)[3]
- The Embodied Vision: Performance for the Camera at the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado in Lisbon (2014)
- Anthony Ramos: Vidéo et après at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2014)
- Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968–1986 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York (2015)
Teaching and painting
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (April 2019) |
Anthony Ramos taught at Rhode Island School of Design, New York University, and the University of California at San Diego, among others. Since the late 1980s he has primarily worked in painting. Several international venues exhibited his work, among them the American Jazz Museum and Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center, Kansas City; Biennale de Dakar, Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ California Video: Artists and Histories By Glenn Phillips, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008
- ^ "Light Industry".
- ^ "Dia Art Foundation - Events".
External links
[edit]- "Some Aspects Of Cape Verdean Culture", a re-discovered and restored documentary shot in 1975
- "Cape Verde Independence July 5th and 6th, 1975"