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A Finding Aid to the Paul Ramírez Jonas Papers, Circa 1989-2014, in the Archives of American Art A Finding Aid to the Paul Ramírez Jonas Papers, circa 1989-2014, in the Archives of American Art Stephanie Ashley 2020/03/02 Archives of American Art 750 9th Street, NW Victor Building, Suite 2200 Washington, D.C. 20001 https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions https://www.aaa.si.edu/ Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 3 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Files, 1991-circa 2014............................. 4 Series 2: Exhibition Files, 1990-2009...................................................................... 5 Series 3: Project Files, 1990-2014......................................................................... 13 Series 4: Professional Files, circa 1989-2014........................................................ 18 Paul Ramírez Jonas papers AAA.ramipaul Collection Overview Repository: Archives of American Art Title: Paul Ramírez Jonas papers Identifier: AAA.ramipaul Date: circa 1989-2014 Creator: Ramírez Jonas, Paul, 1965- Extent: 6.3 Linear feet 19.73 Gigabytes Language: English . Summary: The papers of New York multimedia artist and educator Paul Ramírez Jonas, measure 6.3 linear feet and 19.73 GB and date from circa 1989-2014. The collection documents the work of this social practice artist through correspondence, exhibition and project files, and professional files, and provides relatively thorough coverage of Ramírez Jonas's work and development to late mid-career. Administrative Information Acquisition Information The collection was donated in 2015 and 2017 by Paul Ramírez Jonas. Processing Information The collection was processed by Stephanie Ashley in 2020. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2020 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund. Preferred Citation Paul Ramírez Jonas papers, circa 1989-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information. Terms of Use The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information. Page 1 of 19 Paul Ramírez Jonas papers AAA.ramipaul Biographical / Historical Paul Ramírez Jonas (1965-) is a multimedia artist and educator in New York, New York. Ramírez Jonas was born in Pomona, California and raised in Honduras. He earned a BA in Studio Art and an MFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989. As a social practice artist Ramírez Jonas explores definitions of art and the public and seeks to engage active audience participation in much of his work. He uses pre-existing texts, models, and materials in work ranging from monumental sculpture to smaller and more intimate projects involving drawings, textiles, musical instruments, video and performance art, and other media. Ramírez Jonas has had an ongoing association with Creative Time, a public arts organization in New York City which funded, amongst other projects, his 2010 project Key to the City, in which he replaced locks around the city with new locks that could be opened with keys he distributed. Keys have had an important role in Ramírez Jonas's work; his Taylor Square park project in Cambridge, for example, juxtaposes the locked gates of the public space with 5000 keys he distributed to the public to be duplicated endlessly, as a symbol of "this relationship between public space and the public." Ramírez Jonas is an educator who has taught at institutions including the Rhode Island School of Design and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He is currently an Associate Professor at Hunter College, City University of New York. Scope and Contents The papers of New York multimedia artist and educator Paul Ramírez Jonas, measure 6.3 linear feet and 19.73 GB and date from circa 1989-2014. The collection documents the work of this social practice artist through correspondence, exhibition and project files, and professional files, and provides relatively thorough coverage of Ramírez Jonas's work and development to late mid-career. Correspondence and personal files include greeting cards and postcards sent to Ramírez Jonas from individuals and galleries, and includes the artist's file arrangement lists documenting his organization of the records prior to donation to the Archives of American Art. Extensice email correspondence remains unprocessed. Exhibition files provide a comprehensive survey of Ramírez Jonas's participation in group and solo exhibitions over more than two decades. Files include correspondence, notes, sketches, and printed, photographic and digital material for multiple exhibitions, and record Ramírez Jonas's relationships with gallery owners as well as the evolution and execution of many installations. Project files provide a relatively comprehensive record of over two decades of projects, including large scale public art installations and smaller, more intimate projects, that trace evolving themes in Ramírez Jonas's work. Files include correspondence, architect's plans and schematic drawings, artist notes, financial and contractual records, printed and digital material, and photographs. Professional files document other professional activities in which Ramírez Jonas was involved, such as boards and committees, conferences, panels, and seminars. Also found are a few files relating to teaching appointments, including documentation of his Combined Media Class at Hunter College. Arrangement Prior to donation, Ramírez Jonas organized the bulk of his archives chronologically and thereafter into three categories which he titled "Shows," "Work," and "Other." This core arrangement has been maintained in the series Exhibition Files (Shows), Project Files (Work) and Professional Files (Other). A few additional Page 2 of 19 Paul Ramírez Jonas papers AAA.ramipaul files that did not fall into these three categories are arranged at the beginning of the collection as Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Files. • Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Files, 1991-circa 2014 (0.25 linear feet; Box 1, 2.20 GB; ER10) • Series 2: Exhibition Files, 1990-2009 (3.05 linear feet; Boxes 1-4, OV 7, 14.99 GB; ER01-ER05) • Series 3: Project Files, 1990-2014 (2.4 linear feet; Boxes 4-6, OVs 8-9, 2.54 GB; ER06-ER09) • Series 4: Professional Files, circa 1989-2014 (0.6 linear feet; Box 6, OV 8) Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Latino and Latin American artists Names: Creative Time, Inc. Hunter College. Department of Art Occupations: Educators -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn Multimedia artists -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn Page 3 of 19 Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Files Paul Ramírez Jonas papers AAA.ramipaul Container Listing Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Files, 1991-circa 2014 0.25 Linear feet (Box 1) 2.2 Gigabytes (ER10) Scope and This series includes Ramírez Jonas's file lists showing how he organized his collection prior Contents: to donation to the Archives of American Art. Folders relating to several galleries contain a small amount of correspondence and printed material, mainly in the form of exhibition announcements sent to Ramírez Jonas. The folder relating to Jack Tilton Gallery includes records of legal action taken in response to the gallery's landlord taking possession of artwork by Ramírez Jonas in circa 1993, in an attempt to force payment from the gallery. Personal files include four unidentified sketches by Ramírez Jonas, and greeting cards and postcards sent to him, one of which is a hand-made card by Yun Yi Lee. Extensive email corrspondence remains unprocessed. Box 1, Folder 1 Fabrica, 1995 Box 1, Folder 2 File Arrangement Lists, circa 2014 Box 1, Folder 3 Galleries, Green Grassi, 1996-2003 Box 1, Folder 4 Galleries, Jack Tilton Gallery, 1991-1993 Box 1, Folder 5 Galleries, LFL, 2002-2004 Box 1, Folder 6 Galleries, Postmasters Mailings, 1997-2003 Box 1, Folder 7 Galleries, Roberts & Tilton, 2000-2001 Box 1, Folder 8 Galleries,
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