Sterling Ruby Sp Paintings

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

Sterling ruby sp paintings. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. This survey exhibition aims to feature paintings that illuminate the evolution of this outstanding body of work as well as to reveal the scope of ruby s exploration of the medium. Like all of ruby s previous paintings it is executed in spray paint. Merging the sacred with the profane and.

Working with a restricted colour palette red grey and black ruby achieves a hazy gritty quality to these paintings where the paint appears to deface the. 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. The exhibition marks the first time sterling ruby s sp paintings ranging in production dates will be collectively displayed. Will show the past 20 years of his wild evocative art practice from jagged ceramic basins to enigmatic mobiles.

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. It is the same size and format as sp98 also from 2010 tate t13329 and was executed using the same technique. 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. Like all of ruby s previous paintings it is executed in spray paint.

Working with a restricted colour palette red grey and black ruby achieves a hazy gritty quality to these paintings where the paint appears to deface the. The artist has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies particularly schizophrenia and paranoia urban. Sterling ruby s first museum survey in the u s. View sterling ruby s 335 artworks on artnet.

Sterling ruby sp paintings installation view courtesy nahmad contemporary. Sterling ruby is at the forefront of a generation of la artists whose training enables them to successfully mine the legacy of recent sculpture particularly minimalism and its aftereffects artists as different as jason meadows taft green won ju lim and rachel lachowicz. Bearing resemblance to the processes of abstract expressionism he joins symbols that are not often seen together in the same space. Ruby is also a storyteller motivated by formal and ethical questions.

See available paintings sculpture and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Sp98 is a large scale painting on canvas. Sterling ruby is a contemporary american artist. Sp96 is a large scale painting on canvas.