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Dan Ramirez Born in Chicago, IL, 1941 Education: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MFA, 1977 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1975 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, BA, 1975 Lives in Madison, WI Dan Ramirez’s minimalist, music-inspired compositions echo the playwright Samuel Beckett’s description of his play, Waiting for Godot, “a matter of fundamental sounds . . . striving all the time to avoid definition.” Ramirez’s formal elements – monolithic, shimmering vertical bands, evanescent gradations of tone, razor-thin tapering bars – resist easy categorization. They neither reveal absolute truths, nor deconstruct systems of logic. Instead, they are always intuitive and emotional expressions of the artist’s deepest personal responses to his life. upcoming exhibitions The Drawing Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL, group show, July 18-August 17, 2008, Reception, July 18, 6-8p.m. For more info. call 773-445-3838

Dan Ramirez: Los Arcos de la Luz, installation views, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008

Arco III 2007, oil on digital image/museum board, 6 7/8 x 10 inches, $950

Arco VI 2007, oil, acrylic on museum board, 6 7/8 x 10 inches, $950

Arco V 2007, oil on digital image/museum board, 8 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches, $950

Arco VIII 2007, oil on museum board, 7 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches, $950

Arco IX 2007, oil pastel, graphite on museum board, 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches, $950