Anthony Ramos Movies
- 1972

Watermelon Heaven
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The duration of this early black-and-white performance work follows Ramos eating the entirety of a watermelon, slice by slice. The artist sits...
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- 1974

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...
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- 1973

Black & White
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In this two-channel installation, Anthony Ramos and Ann Ramos play with race and gender by painting themselves in white and black face respectively.
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- 1972

Balloon Nose Blow-Up
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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...
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- 1989

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...
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- 1977

Decent Men
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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...
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- 1977

About Media
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Ramos' astute deconstruction of television news focuses on the media coverage of President Jimmy Carter's 1977 declaration of amnesty for Vietnam War...
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- 1973

Water Plastic Bag
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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...
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- 1978

Nor Was This All By Any Means
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In this densely layered work, Ramos explores his cultural and personal heritage through a collage of recorded and appropriated footage. Juxtaposing...
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