In Ready-Maybe, Ramiro Gonzalez Luna explores the intersection between everyday life and art history, reshaping familiar objects through the lens of both craft and critical reflection. Known for working with themes of cotidianity, this new body of work marks a pivotal moment: the artist brings his background in art history into the studio, inviting dialogues between iconic contemporary artworks and the rituals of daily life.

Taking inspiration from the legacy of the readymade—a term historically rooted in Marcel Duchamp’s radical gesture of elevating mundane objects into art—Ramiro subverts the concept by manually recreating and reinterpreting contemporary masterpieces in ceramic. These works blur the boundary between homage and transformation, questioning what happens when a supposedly untouched object is reimagined by hand. What stories shift when the gesture is no longer mechanical but embodied?

Throughout the exhibition, viewers encounter ceramic versions of recognizable artworks, now filtered through Ramiro’s unique aesthetic—tactile, humorous, and colorful. Alongside these are a series of functional objects, presented here for the first time. Yet even these practical pieces play with displacement: a Crocs shoe becomes a lamp; a Cheeto puff grows into a bench. Each item has been taken out of its expected context and redefined with new, often surprising utility.

At its core, Ready-Maybe is an invitation to reconsider the objects that surround us—not only for their form and function but also for the histories they carry and the meanings we assign. In Ramiro’s world, the everyday is never neutral; it is shaped by aesthetic lineage, humor, and a deep engagement with what it means to see—and remake—the familiar.

 

About Ramiro Gonzalez Luna

Born in Mexico City in 1996, Ramiro Gonzalez Luna is a ceramic artist whose work finds beauty in the ordinary. His practice transforms daily interactions into sculptural and functional expressions—celebrating the mundane through an aesthetic and critical lens.

Recently, he has been focused on reinterpreting iconic 20th-century artworks through ceramics, creating a dialogue between historical significance and contemporary relevance. His work has been exhibited in venues across Mexico, Spain, the UAE, and the U.S., and featured in media outlets including CARAS, InStyle, and Hotbook as one of the most influential young creatives today.

Ramiro lives and works in Mexico City.