Fifth in the Global Contemporary series, this exhibition showcases new large-scale paintings and site-specific installations by Bony Ramirez. Edited by Elena C. Muñoz-Rodríguez, the catalog (shown above) that accompanies the solo exhibition “Bony Ramirez: Cattleya,” at The Newark Museum of Art, features an in-depth interview with the artist, a work of flash fiction, and an essay by curator Elena Muñoz-Rodríguez. This catalog documents “Cattleya” as well as the ideas behind the exhibition.
Over the course of a year, he explored the Museum’s collections broadly, with a focus on historic portraiture, landscape, and contemporary art. Childhood memories of the Dominican Republic and the complicated histories of the Caribbean inform his surreal narrative style. Cattleya is a genus of orchid native to Central and South America that Ramirez associates with colonialism. The exhibition probes the legacy of colonialism and the effects of the tourism industry in the Caribbean, while also reimagining what resistance can look like.
Bony Ramirez is a Dominican-born artist who lives and works in New Jersey. Proudly self-taught, he paints surreal images of contemporary Caribbean life, as well as reimagining colonial histories. He engages with Western European painting traditions as a way to think about the colonial influence still present in the Caribbean.
Global Contemporary is a series of year-long installations showcasing new work by living artists in dialogue with the Museum’s collections.
See more about the artist at https://bonyramirez.com/
For more information on the exhibition, see https://newarkmuseumart.org/exhibition/bony-ramirez-cattleya/
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Fifth in the Global Contemporary series, this exhibition showcases new large-scale paintings and site-specific installations by Bony Ramirez. Edited by Elena C. Muñoz-Rodríguez, the catalog (shown above) that accompanies the solo exhibition “Bony Ramirez: Cattleya,” at The Newark Museum of Art, features an in-depth interview with the artist, a work of flash fiction, and an essay by curator
