Cultural recommendation for the weekend
Exhibition of Martín Ramírez “Frames of imprisonment”
“With very limited materials and resources, Martín Ramírez (1895-1963) managed to create an amazing work, over a period of about fifteen years, while he was an intern at DeWitt State Hospital in Auburn, California. Ramírez drawn in a room he shared with dozens of men, also confined by their mental and physical disabilities, and perhaps because they were destitute, poor and unemployed. Ramírez's workspace was in a corner of the pavilion. He kept the drawings of him under the mattress, to protect them. His art tools were stacked on a nightstand. Secluded in that shared space, he embarked on his adventure as a self-taught artist. ”
Extracted from Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum.
See also:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Ram%C3%ADrez_(pintor)
http://www.folkartmuseum.org/ramirez
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/03/15/cultura/1173990324.html
Dates: from March 31 to July 12, 2010
Location: Sabatini Building, Floor 3. Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum (c/ Santa Isabel, 52. Madrid)
Hours: Monday to Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-21:00 p.m. Sundays: 10:00 a.m.-14:30 p.m. Tuesday closed.
