Contemplations: Dan Ramirez Works from the Permanent Collection

The work of Dan Ramirez (b. 1941, Chicago) explores the unknown, the spiritual and the beautiful, in an intellectual, philosophical and poetic manner. The Minimalist Movement and Geometric Abstraction were his point of departure. The works of art in this exhibition were created within a thirty-year period and are part of the Museum’s Permanent Collection. The Romantic painter from Germany Caspar David Friedrich, the U.S. painter Barnett Newman, the French composer Olivier Messiaen, and the gothic architecture of Santa Maria de Toledo, Spain have significantly influenced the composition of these works.

La obra de Dan Ramírez (Chicago, 1941) explora lo desconocido, lo espiritual y la belleza de una forma poética, intelectual y filosófica. El movimiento minimalista y la abstracción geométrica han sido su punto de partida. Este grupo de obras producidas en un periodo de cerca de treinta años, forman parte de la colección permanente del Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano. El pintor romántico alemán Caspar David Friedrich, el pintor estadounidense Barnett Newman, el compositor francés Olivier Messiaen y la arquitectura gótica de la Catedral de Santa María de Toledo, España han influenciado de manera significativa este conjunto de obras.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website