https://streamsofbeing.artinterp.org/omeka/files/original/a17ff1fa9f30c8b37267746d8323cb3d.JPG 2002e9d93ba00f133c77701984fdfd9c Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data xilo-collage relief Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 14.25 x 10 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ramona Subject The topic of the resource Arts, Latin American--20th century Description An account of the resource This print portrays, in profile, a character at the center of Antonio Berni’s imaginative universe: Ramona Montiel, a fictional prostitute who ascends from apathetic, middle-class youth to a decadent existence as paramour to clerics and generals in the upper echelons of Argentine society. Her male counterpart Juanito Laguna charted an inverse course, migrating from the countryside to Buenos Aires’ shantytowns. From 1958 to 1977, Berni followed the exploits of his two anti-heroes in a highly idiosyncratic, realist style. He materialized their themes, from abject poverty to excessive luxury, in collages and assemblages constructed from the recycled refuse of contemporary life. <br /><br />Berni developed his own printing technique—xilo-collage-relief—with which to embody these subjects. A water-soaked sheet of paper was molded onto every bulge and crevice of a carved woodblock that Berni had built up with textured elements like coins, metal hardware, and plaster moldering. Results like this one, in which Ramona’s hard features recede behind forms suggesting lace and heavy ornament, confront the conditions of injustice that would render body and object interchangeable.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mfah.org/research/conservation/conservation-case-studies/" target="_blank">Read more about Berni’s technique in this conservation case study by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Antonio Berni Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1965 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 2013. AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States (OAS). All rights reserved. Relation A related resource SOMATIC Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Argentina Print Relief South America