Sterling Ruby
Subtitle: a relief lashed + a still pose
By: essay by Jeffrey De Blois
Contributors: Ruby, Sterling, 1972-; Galerie Xavier Hufkens (Brussels, Belgium)
Publisher: Xavier Hufkens
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789491245251
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Exhibitions; Assemblage (Art); Barns in art; Barns; Remodeling for other use
Other titles: Relief lashed + a still pose; Relief lashed and a still pose; Relief lashed plus a still pose
Description: This catalogue traces American artist Sterling Ruby's pattern of reuse as embodied by his studio's infrastructure. The consumption of found materials and makeshift aesthetics typical of the artist's style forms an ever-expanding archive, applied within existing frameworks of material transformation to create expressive artworks ingrained with 'exegetic intensity'. In this case, the focus is on a selection of his wall-based assemblages made using wood taken from his mother's barn in Pennsylvania, which was disassembled after her death and shipped to his studio in California. Exhibition: Xavier Hufkens Galerie, Brussels, Belgium (18.06.-01.08.2020).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Xavier Hufkens Galerie, Brussels, Belgium, from June 18 to August 1, 2020