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Red Hots Hannah

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€ 30 000
Auction dateClassic
29.05.2019 15:30UTC +02:00
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VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
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Germany, Köln
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ID 196133
Lot 308 | Red Hots Hannah
2015. Blei- und Farbstiftzeichnung auf ARCHES FRANCE 6 (Wasserzeichen). 38 x 57cm. Signiert und datiert im rechten unteren Randbereich: Melramos 2015. Rahmen.
Provenienz:
- Galerie Levy, Hamburg
- Privatsammlung Rheinland-Pfalz

Mel Ramos gehört zu den wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Pop-Art Künstlern Amerikas. Anfang der 1960er Jahre wendet er sich dem Thema zu, das zu seinem Markenzeichen wird: Commercial Pin-up-Girls. In klarem Bildaufbau und harmonischem Farben- und Formenspiel stellt er den meist nackten weiblichen Körper um oder auf einem Verbrauchsprodukt in aufreizender und verführerischer Pose dar. Bei dieser Formulierung von erotischen Fantasien folgt er der Ästhetik der Werbung ganz im Sinne "sex sells". Dies tut er jedoch nicht unreflektiert. Denn, indem er in seiner stilisierten Bildwelt die Verknüpfung von Körperkult und Konsum stereotypisch und ikonenhaft zum Ausdruck bringt, hinterfragt er auf kritisch-ironische Weise nicht nur diese Marketingstrategie, sondern auch den Zeitgeist unserer konsumorientierten Gesellschaft.

Das Motiv der hier vorliegenden Zeichnung einer blonden Schönheit, die auf einer Packung Dragee-Bonbons mit pikant-scharfem Zimt-Geschmack liegt, bearbeitet Ramos auch 2012 in dem Ölgemälde "Red Hots Rita" und 2013 in der Farblithografie "Red Hots"
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