Anthony Ramos Movies

  • 1972
    Watermelon Heaven

    Watermelon Heaven

    Watermelon Heaven

    01972HD

    The duration of this early black-and-white performance work follows Ramos eating the entirety of a watermelon, slice by slice. The artist sits...

    Watermelon Heaven
  • 1974
    State of the Union

    State of the Union

    State of the Union

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    In State of the Union, Ramos stages two direct camera performances magnifying the visual and symbolic dynamics of political address. Back-to-back...

    State of the Union
  • 1973
    Black & White

    Black & White

    Black & White

    01973HD

    In this two-channel installation, Anthony Ramos and Ann Ramos play with race and gender by painting themselves in white and black face respectively.

    Black & White
  • 1972
    Balloon Nose Blow-Up

    Balloon Nose Blow-Up

    Balloon Nose Blow-Up

    01972HD

    With a striking economy of means, Ramos enacts a close-up performance action: he blows up a balloon with his nostril until it bursts in his face. He...

    Balloon Nose Blow-Up
  • 1989
    Mao Meets Muddy

    Mao Meets Muddy

    Mao Meets Muddy

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    Director Anthony Ramos joins his good friend, painter Frederick J. Brown, on a trip to Beijing for a retrospective of Brown’s work at the...

    Mao Meets Muddy
  • 1977
    Decent Men

    Decent Men

    Decent Men

    01977HD

    Decent Men, created over a period of almost forty years, is a video collage built around Ramos' powerful extended monologue on his eighteen months in...

    Decent Men
  • 1977
    About Media

    About Media

    About Media

    01977HD

    Ramos' astute deconstruction of television news focuses on the media coverage of President Jimmy Carter's 1977 declaration of amnesty for Vietnam War...

    About Media
  • 1973
    Water Plastic Bag

    Water Plastic Bag

    Water Plastic Bag

    01973HD

    Water Plastic Bag is one of a series of durational, risk-taking performances that Ramos made with fellow artists Lowell Darling and Joe Ray. An...

    Water Plastic Bag
  • 1978
    Nor Was This All By Any Means

    Nor Was This All By Any Means

    Nor Was This All By Any Means

    01978HD

    In this densely layered work, Ramos explores his cultural and personal heritage through a collage of recorded and appropriated footage. Juxtaposing...

    Nor Was This All By Any Means