Blackout: Newark Museum 2010
Zero Point Zero: Newark Museum 2010
BLACKOUT: A Centennial Commission by Paul Henry Ramirez at the Newark Museum
Excerpt from the artist catalog by Curator Evelyn Carmen Ramos
In his efforts to push the medium of painting into new dimensions, Ramirez has collaborated with musicians, furniture designers, choreographers and dancers, leading to the creation of installations and performances that engage multiple senses and art forms. With BLACKOUT, Ramirez had a second opportunity to work with musician So Takahashi and choreographer Debra J. Fernandez and her Skidmore College dance troupe. Together they created an original dance performance for fourteen dancers that translated the playful vitality of the installation into costumes, geometric props and dancers’ movements as they inhabited the arches and spaces of the Engelhard Court.
BLACKOUT: A Centennial Commission by Paul Henry Ramirez at the Newark Museum
Excerpt from the artist catalog by Curator Evelyn Carmen Ramos
In his efforts to push the medium of painting into new dimensions, Ramirez has collaborated with musicians, furniture designers, choreographers and dancers, leading to the creation of installations and performances that engage multiple senses and art forms. With BLACKOUT, Ramirez had a second opportunity to work with musician So Takahashi and choreographer Debra J. Fernandez and her Skidmore College dance troupe. Together they created an original dance performance for fourteen dancers that translated the playful vitality of the installation into costumes, geometric props and dancers’ movements as they inhabited the arches and spaces of the Engelhard Court.