The Juan Antonio Ramírez Chair

Equipo Crónica. El realismo socialista y el Pop Art en el campo de batalla, (Socialist Realism and Pop Art on the Battlefield), 1969. Painting, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Collection. Temporary loan from Manuel Valdés, 2010 © Equipo Crónica (Manolo Valdés) VEGAP, Madrid, 2020. AP, Madrid, 2020

My growing commitment to the most current art is manifested by exploring the work of some artists in a historical context, and also critically describing the art system. Thus, I have attempted to abide by what, in my opinion, are the most persistent vocations in my professional career: the enjoyment (understanding) of artworks per se and their ideological disclosure. […] At any rate, to sum up this accountability, I can only offer the conclusion that there is no conclusion. What we have already made does not belong to us. Others must decide whether what we have sought to offer is useful.

Juan Antonio Ramírez
“Los poderes de la imagen: para una iconología social (esbozo de una autobiografía intelectual)” (Powers of the Image: For Social Iconology [Sketch of an Intellectual Autobiography]), in Boletín de Arte, no. 29, 2018