Art in America, January 1st, 1999
In numerous group shows over the past few years, Paul Henry Ramirez has made a name for himself as a playful organic abstractionist. His colorful paintings seem spontaneous at first glance, but they're actually precisely rendered images that put a Pop or cartoonlike spin on the drips and splatters of abstract painting. His second solo show at Caren Golden was titled "Real Pretty Simple Innocent Paintings," a jokey denial of the sexual quality of his imagery.
Ramirez skillfully balances positive and negative spaces in five new large-scale canvases. Crisply drawn lines meander around the whit...
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