Sterling Ruby Sculpture

Sterling ruby s work engages with issues related to autobiography art history and the violence and pressures within society.

Sterling ruby sculpture. Published with delmonico prestel the catalogue features essays that consider ruby s work amidst the contemporary art. When viewed through the prism of time past present and future sterling ruby s assemblages can be read in multiple ways. The exhibition will be on view at the nasher february 2 april 21 2019 and will be accompanied by a lavishly illustrated catalogue featuring a new essay sterling ruby and the. Sculpture is the first museum survey of ruby s work in the medium featuring nearly thirty sculptures ranging from the intimate to the monumental.

These hybrid constructions which hover between painting and sculpture bear witness to ruby s deep rooted commitment to the physical act of making and freedom of expression in its purest form. Often his work is presented in large and densely packed installations. Sterling ruby born january 21 1972 is an american artist who works in a large variety of media including ceramics painting drawing collage sculpture video and textiles. American artist sterling ruby works in a large variety of media including sculpture ceramics painting and video art.

The artist has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies particularly schizophrenia and paranoia urban. View sterling ruby s 335 artworks on artnet. Sterling ruby a multidisciplinary artist who makes urethane and bronze sculptures hallucinatory color field canvases and handmade ceramics addresses the conflict between individual desire and social structure and the influence of institutional architecture both literal and figurative on human behavior and psychology in 2011 ruby presented vampire an exhibition that explored the. Sterling ruby is co presented with institute of contemporary art miami and is accompanied by an illustrated scholarly catalogue edited by alex gartenfeld and eva respini with a conversation between ruby and isabelle graw.

Organized by the nasher sculpture center sterling ruby. Employing diverse aesthetic strategies and mediums including sculpture drawing collage ceramics painting and video he examines the tensions between fluidity and stasis expressionism and minimalism the abject and the pristine. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. Sterling ruby s first museum survey in the u s.

Sterling ruby is a contemporary american artist. See available paintings sculpture and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist.