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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
San Gregorio
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
Contact us at copyright@samuseum.org for rights and reproduction of this image. © Chuck Ramirez

San Gregorio

Artist Chuck Ramirez (American, 1962 - 2010)
DepartmentContemporary Art
Date2002
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsFramed: 25 × 23 in. (63.5 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue
Object number2012.4.3
Copyright© Estate of Chuck Ramirez
DescriptionA gray-brown form with uneven/asymmetrical edges, various color gradations, and scuffs on a white ground with text “San Gregorio” in black script above.Label TextBearing scuffs, marks, and labels of origin, these objects appear like archaeological relics. They are the bottoms of santos, religious statuettes commonly found in Mexican American homes and botanicas. Chuck Ramirez designed product packaging for San Antonio’s H-E-B grocer before becoming a studio artist. He employed the slick, glossy format of advertising in photographs that isolate everyday objects against a white background. In this series, spirituality, popular culture, and bicultural identity commingle. The saints' names and the gridded arrangement are drawn from the popular 1970s TV sitcom 'The Brady Bunch'. Estos objetos con desgastes, marcas y etiquetas de origen parecen reliquias arqueológicas. Son las bases de santos, estatuillas religiosas comúnmente encontradas en casa de Mexicanos Americanos y hierberías. Chuck Ramirez fue un diseñador de empaques para H-E-B, una cadena de supermercados en San Antonio, antes de convertirse en un artista de estudio. Empleó el formato elegante y brillante de la publicidad en fotografías que aíslan objetos cotidianos sobre un fondo blanco. En esta serie, la espiritualidad, la cultura popular y la identidad bicultural se entremezclan. Los nombres de los santos y su organización en una retícula fueron inspiradas por la popular serie de televisión de los 70s 'La Tribu Brady'. (LSM, 2024)
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Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
Santos
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
San Roberto
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
San Miguel
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
Santa Cynthia
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
San Pedro
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
Santa Carolina
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
Santa Janet
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
Santa Alicia
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Bert A. Lies Jr., MD and Rosina Lee Yue.
Santa Marcia
Chuck Ramirez
2002
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Michael D. Maloney with conservation assistance from Patrici…
Gregory (Piñata Series)
Chuck Ramirez
2003
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Brooke and Renato Solis.
Thirteenth Messenger
Eva Bovenzi
2007
Gift of the Deborah Remington Trust for the Visual Arts.
Omina
Deborah W. Remington
1978

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