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Artistic and Schizophrenic Visions

Friday, March 23, 2007

During the last 15 years of his life, Martín Ramírez--often classified as a "schizophrenic artist"--created nearly 300 drawings at the DeWitt State Hospital in northern California. Brooke Davis Anderson, the curator of an exhibit of Ramirez's works at the American Folk Art Museum, explains the importance of his unique drawings.

Slideshow of Ramirez's Art


Comments

  • [1] scott davis from Waldoboro, Maine March 23, 2007 - 01:02PM

    When I lived in the city

    I taught at the school of

    visual arts. Mostly

    freshmen. When I saw work with this sensibility I would take the student aside and quietly ask how things were going. Were they having

    a hard time, etc. I wouldn't mention

    the work but tell them

    it was just a feeling I had. Usually they were having a difficult time. The problem I have with the work is that

    there is no love in it.

    I don't mean the smarmy kind but the kind you can't see. Van Gogh's

    work has it.

    This work fails because

    of that and it is full of fear without

    resolution.

    Scott Davis


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