Paul Henry Ramirez
Licks, 2007
Watermarked handmade paper, screen-print, and laser-cut handmade paper
29 1/2 x 19 inches

Dieu Donné is pleased to announce a new edition by Paul Henry Ramirez. Licks is an edition of 100 variable artworks in handmade paper.

This remarkable edition was produced using a wide array of both traditional, hands-on methods and advanced digital techniques. This work was the artist’s first exploration of handmade paper. The project began with a drawing by Ramirez that Dieu Donné artistic staff digitized in order to create a vinyl watermark that would be cut by sign fabricators. The watermarked paper was “blown-out” with a hose by hand and combined with additional layers of pink and orange handmade paper. Three colors of silkscreened paint and two laser-cut “drips” were then developed to complete the work’s complex visual arrangement of squirts, hairs, and juicy swirls.

About the Artist

Ramirez was born 1963 in El Paso, Texas and currently lives and works in New York City. Ramirez has had many solo exhibitions, including: Chunk, Caren Golden Fine Art, NY, (2007); Frothy, Flirty, Feely, Rena Bransten Gallery, CA, (2005-06); Paint Pours, Aldrich Museum, CT; and Seriously Playful, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Gallery, University of Texas, (2004).

The artist has been included in several recent group exhibitions, including: Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960’s, San Antonio Museum of Art, TX, (2008-09); Quirky, Westport Arts Center, CT and Intrigue: The Art of Sensuality, NY, (both 2007); So New, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY(2007); Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, NY, (2005); and Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY, (2005).

For more information, please visit his website:
https://paulhenryramirez.art/index.html