STERLING RUBY’S PHYSICALISM/THE RECOMBINE 5, 2006.
COURTESY OF STERLING RUBY STUDIO.
IN HIS LARGEST MUSEUM SHOW TO DATE, “STERLING RUBY”, THE LIFE OF A MASTER OF COLOR AND TREATMENTS IS TOLD.
Sterling Ruby is an artistic shapeshifter. The Dutch-American artist maneuvers not just between the second and third dimensions, but from crystal-tear pencil drawings to plush vampire-fang sculptures to grotesque ceramics and towering sculptures. Opening at the ICA Miami on November 7, the more than 100 artworks of his survey “Sterling Ruby” reveal an artist who hasn’t let medium or scale define his work.
“The choices I make in medium relate to their interpretation in everyday life,” Ruby says. “Sometimes it’s a personal choice to work in a specific medium, other times that particular medium is a better interpretation of the idea I want to put into context.