Sterling Ruby was born in 1972 in Bitburg, Germany.
He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Working across disciplines, including drawing, photography, sculpture, video and performance, Ruby is concerned with the interstices between freedom and control, expression and silence, the individual and the communal.
His work can be primordial, expressive, aggressive, and sexual.
Additionally, a tension is generated between the formal, structural, and geometric aspects of the work and its more amorphous, messy qualities. Ruby's activation of the most primeval aspects of the human animal, without denying the complexities of our elaborate consciousness, offers a liberating example of the undeniable power of instinct and explores its conflict with the constricting structures of civilization.
His work has been shown in prestigious public and private spaces, including GAM Torino; Aspen Art Museum; Metro Pictures Gallery, New York; Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, GAMeC Bergamo, MOCA Los Angeles.
He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Working across disciplines, including drawing, photography, sculpture, video and performance, Ruby is concerned with the interstices between freedom and control, expression and silence, the individual and the communal.
His work can be primordial, expressive, aggressive, and sexual.
Additionally, a tension is generated between the formal, structural, and geometric aspects of the work and its more amorphous, messy qualities. Ruby's activation of the most primeval aspects of the human animal, without denying the complexities of our elaborate consciousness, offers a liberating example of the undeniable power of instinct and explores its conflict with the constricting structures of civilization.
His work has been shown in prestigious public and private spaces, including GAM Torino; Aspen Art Museum; Metro Pictures Gallery, New York; Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, GAMeC Bergamo, MOCA Los Angeles.
