Title: Sterling Ruby /
Authors: Ruby, Sterling, 1972-; Fowle, Kate,; Sirmans, Franklin,; Morgan, Jessica, 1968-
Year: 2016
Subjects: Ruby, Sterling, Criticism and interpretation.; Ruby, Sterling, Catalogs.; Ruby, Sterling,; Art, American; Art, American.
Abstract: A comprehensive study of one of the most versatile artists and acute observers of our time, who fuses art and fashion American artist Sterling Ruby works in a large variety of media, including sculpture, ceramics, painting, and video art. Ruby is influenced by a wide range of sources, including marginalized societies, maximum-security prisons, modernist architecture, artefacts and antiquities, graffiti, waste and consumption, and urban gangs. Through these, he examines the psychological space where individual expression confronts social constraint.
Contents: Interview / Kate Fowle in conversation with Sterling Ruby -- Survey. Encounters with Sterling Ruby / Franklin Sirmans -- Focus. Stoves / Jessica Morgan -- Studio visit -- Artist's writings. Apologetics, 2015 / [Sterling Ruby].