Public Art Fund: In the Public Realm: Paul Ramirez Jonas

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Artist Bio
Sponsorship
Location

Paul Ramirez Jonas "Every Day, 2001"

sculptural installation

April 17 - May 29, 2001

Throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens

Paul Ramirez Jonas, "Every Day, 2001" Photo: Dennis Cowley

Utilizing the festive form of flag streamers, often seen over storefronts, Paul Ramirez Jonas has created Every Day, a unique calendar of historical moments, including news headlines, weather events, the phases of the moon, and anonymous diary entries. These colorful flags highlight that every day is special, and out of the ordinary.

Artist Bio
Paul Ramirez Jonas' work has been featured at Ellen de Bruijne Projects in Amsterdam, Roger Bjorkholmen Galleri in Stockholm, and at the Postmasters Gallery and Jack Tilton Gallery in New York, among others. His work has also been included in many group shows including "The End" as Exit Art, New York, "Moving Pictures" at Real Art Ways, Connecticut, and "Always New Always Familiar" at IASPIS Gallery, Sweden.

Sponsorship
Every Day is a project of the Public Art Fund, commissioned through In the Public Realm, a program of site specific proposals and projects by New York artists.

In the Public Realm is supported with public funds by The New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, and with generous support from The Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, The Silverweed Foundation, The Chase Manhattan Foundation, and friends of the Public Art Fund.

Location
Every Day was exhibited simultaneously in the following locations:

Manhattan
• Mama's Fried Chicken, 21 Lenox Avenue in Harlem
• Getty Gas Station, 239 Tenth Avenue in Chelsea
• Wahab & Sons Ltd Spice House, 99 First Avenue at 6th Street

Brooklyn
• Tops on the Waterfront, 89 North 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Queens
• Patel Brothers, 37-27 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens