View sterling ruby s 335 artworks on artnet.
Sterling ruby sp paintings.
Particularly of interest to ruby is the concept of illicit mergers as he refers to them.
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.
Bearing resemblance to the processes of abstract expressionism he joins symbols that are not often seen together in the same space.
Sp96 is a large scale painting on canvas.
Sterling ruby s first museum survey in the u s.
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.
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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.
Like all of ruby s previous paintings it is executed in spray paint.
Ruby is also a storyteller motivated by formal and ethical questions.
Often his work is presented in large and densely packed installations.
Sterling ruby is a contemporary american artist.
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.
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.
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.
It is the same size and format as sp96 also from 2010 tate t13330 and was executed using the same technique.
Sterling ruby sp paintings installation view courtesy nahmad contemporary.
The exhibition marks the first time sterling ruby s sp paintings ranging in production dates will be collectively displayed.
Sterling ruby s work engages with issues related to autobiography art history and the violence and pressures within society.
It is the same size and format as sp98 also from 2010 tate t13329 and was executed using the same technique.
Merging the sacred with the profane and.
Will show the past 20 years of his wild evocative art practice from jagged ceramic basins to enigmatic mobiles.
Like all of ruby s previous paintings it is executed in spray paint.
The artist has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies particularly schizophrenia and paranoia urban.
