50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes,
and Other Pop Delights
June 2–October 21, 2012
Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Hilger modern/contemporary is proud to announce Mel Ramos’s 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights. A Sacramento native, internationally acclaimed Mel Ramos (b. 1935) is one of the city’s most celebrated artists. This is the first American museum survey of his work in more than 35 years and follows his recent solo exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna, Austria. The exhibition showcases each of the artist’s creative phases, including his Abstract Expressionist early works, his comic book heroes from the 1960s, and the commercially inspired nudes that made him famous. The latter, which he started painting in the mid-1960s and continues to produce today, feature female figures wrapped around giant Coca-Cola bottles, popping out of candy wrappers, and lounging on fresh fruit and a host of consumer products. The exhibition also includes examples from the artist’s series of art historical tributes, in which he combines masterworks with sex appeal, as well as his lesser-known paintings of the California landscape and recent figurative sculptures. (Text: Crocker Art Museum)
Further news
Mel Ramos – auction record at Sotheby’s, London
The work AC Annie—painted in 1971—from the collection of Gunter Sachs reached a new record for the artist’s works—around 1.071 million pounds (USD 1,695,000). We are really excited about this groundbreaking result. The available works by Mel Ramos can be found on our website, or contact us at ernst.hilger [at] hilger.at.
Mel Ramos Light Boxes are exclusively available at Hilger modern/contemporary, worldwide exclusive representatives and editors of Mel Ramos’ prints and light boxes. More Info here or by emailing ernst.hilger [at] hilger.at.
Current and upcoming shows at our spaces:
Hilger modern: Ai Kijima, One Thousand Dreams – 7pm
Until July 28, 2012
More info: www.hilger.at
Hilger contemporary: Thukral & Tagra, NOSTURISTIC – 7:30pm
Until July 28, 2012
More info: www.hilger.at
HilgerBROTKunsthalle: Brian McKee, Photographs 2002–2012
Until September 1, 2012
Opening: July 26, 2012
More info: www.brotkunsthalle.com
Summer break: July 29–August 13, 2012
Press contact
Katrin-Sophie Dworczak: public & collector relations
Hilger modern/contemporary
Dorotheergasse 5
1010 Wien
T +43 1 512 53 15 -15
M +43 664 393 52 72
F +43 1 513 91 26
press [at] hilger.at
*Image above:
Mel Ramos, Peek-a-Boo #1, 2012. Light box, steel cut, acrylic, 100 x 75 x 7cm, ed. 12.
© Hilger modern/contemporary and the artist.
