Sterling Ruby

°1972, Bitburg (DE) – lives and works in Los Angeles (US)

Sterling Ruby is known for the multifaceted nature of his practice, which encompasses painting, ceramics, collage, video and photography, textiles, sculpture and installations. Working in a wide range of media, from the traditional to the unconventional, Ruby has created an oeuvre that, while remarkably diverse, is firmly rooted within a complex and coherent artistic strategy.

Often drawing upon autobiographical, art historical or sociological sources, Ruby’s work is frequently referred to as ‘post-humanist – a term that broadly describes a society which, thanks in part to technological advancement, has evolved beyond fixed categories of being (e.g. time/place), or predetermining classifications (e.g. animal/human). The seemingly ‘incomprehensible’ visual range of Ruby’s practise thus embodies a schizophrenic, post-everything state of perpetual fragmentation and synthesis. A world in which, according to Ruby, ‘there is just too much information for anything to be coherent or whole.’ His practice involves a combination of philosophical enquiry and material investigation, the latter involving the seemingly endless repurposing, combining and recombining of different techniques and media. This too mirrors a shifting condition of constant deconstruction and reconfiguration, and the idea of a non-hierarchical, boundary-less universe.

(courtesy of Xavier Hufkens)

 

Sterling Ruby
Sterling Ruby – Portrait (Photo by Fernando Pinheiro)

Solo exhibitions include David Roberts Art Foundation, London; Museum of Art, Baltimore; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims; France; Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome; and MoMa, New York. Group shows include mayor museums such as Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Board, Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and Louisiana; Copenhagen; but also special projects such as the Whitney Biennial, the 10th Gwangju Biennale and the 9th Taipei Biennial.

His work is also included in public collections such as the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; MCA, Chicago; MoCA, North Miami; MoCA, Los Angeles; LACMA, Los Angeles; MoMA, New York; SFMOMA, San Francisco; MMFA, Montreal; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate Modern, London.

Sterling Ruby is represented by the following galleries;
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Xavier Hufkens, Brussels

Sprüth Magers, Berlin / London / Los Angeles

Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz

Gagosian Gallery, New York / London / Paris / …

works by Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby - BALLISTIC - 2016

Sterling Ruby

BALLISTIC

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Sterling Ruby - PONTIFEX - 2016

Sterling Ruby

PONTIFEX

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Sterling Ruby - SEROQUEL - 2016

Sterling Ruby

SEROQUEL

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Sterling Ruby - STRIP STRIP - 2016

Sterling Ruby

STRIP STRIP

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Sterling Ruby - JURASSIC DAWN - 2016

Sterling Ruby

JURASSIC DAWN

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Sterling Ruby - ENDOCANNIBALISM + EXOCANNIBALISM - 2016

Sterling Ruby

ENDOCANNIBALISM + EXOCANNIBALISM

2000,00
Sterling Ruby - CATASTROPHE - 2016

Sterling Ruby

CATASTROPHE

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Sterling Ruby - STRIP STRIP (RB) - 2016

Sterling Ruby

STRIP STRIP (RB)

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Sterling Ruby - TWO OF THREE MEN - 2016

Sterling Ruby

TWO OF THREE MEN

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