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Indonesian Art
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Ramona Lifting Weights (Ramona levantando pesas)
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Antonio Berni
Ramona Lifting Weights (Ramona levantando pesas)
1963
31 x 20 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Xilo-collage relief
© Courtesy of the Estate of Antonio Berni
2001.366
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This print is part of an extraordinary series of prints by Antonio Berni presenting random scenes in the life of a fictitious prostitute named Ramona Montiel. Ramona is an archetype from the Buenos Aires urban milieu. She is a singer, dancer, and vaudeville entertainer as well as a working woman who has "convenient friends" in the right places: a priest, an army general, a sailor, a good man, a pimp, a sugardaddy, etc. Beyond its parodic portrayal of the cross-section of Argentinean mid 20th century society, the Ramona series stands out for its introduction of an innovative printing method that the artist called xilo-collage-relief. This method is based on traditional woodcut relief, yet it expands the medium to incorporate materials from everyday life (fabrics, metal ornaments, coins, buttons) that produce a "collage" effect on the actual impression. The series complements, both visually and conceptually, Berni´s monumental assemblages of the same period composed from found objects and urban detritus.
Museum purchase with funds provided by Tom Roupe and Scott Gieselman in honor of Peter R. Coneway at "One Great Night in November, 2001"
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Related Exhibitions & Collections:
Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art
Latin American Art
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