Sterling Ruby (1972) - photo 1

Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby is an American artist who works in a large variety of media including ceramics, painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video, and textiles. Often, his work is presented in large and densely packed installations. The artist has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies (particularly schizophrenia and paranoia), urban gangs and graffiti, hip-hop culture, craft, punk, masculinity, violence, public art, prisons, globalization, American domination and decline, waste and consumption. In opposition to the minimalist artistic tradition and influenced by the ubiquity of urban graffiti, the artist's works often appear scratched, defaced, camouflaged, dirty, or splattered. Proclaimed as one of the most interesting artists to emerge this century by New York Times art critic Roberta Smith, Ruby's work examines the psychological space where individual expression confronts social constraint. Sterling Ruby currently lives and works in Los Angeles. His studio is located in Vernon, south of downtown Los Angeles

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:21 january 1972, Bitburg, Germany
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Ceramist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
Art style:Expressionism, Minimalism, Contemporary art

Creators USA

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones (1992)
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
1992
Ralph Menconi (1915 - 1972)
Ralph Menconi
1915 - 1972
Adrian Piper (1948)
Adrian Piper
1948
Slim Aarons (1916 - 2006)
Slim Aarons
1916 - 2006
J. B. Murray (1908 - 1988)
J. B. Murray
1908 - 1988
Pacita Abad (1946 - 2004)
Pacita Abad
1946 - 2004
Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978)
Norman Rockwell
1894 - 1978
Thomas Birch (1779 - 1851)
Thomas Birch
1779 - 1851
Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935 - 2009)
Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon
1935 - 2009
Kyohei Inukai (1913 - 1985)
Kyohei Inukai
1913 - 1985
Dasha Shishkina (1977)
Dasha Shishkina
1977
Bruno Fonseca (1958 - 1994)
Bruno Fonseca
1958 - 1994
Etel Adnan (1925 - 2021)
Etel Adnan
1925 - 2021
Irene Rice Pereira (1902 - 1971)
Irene Rice Pereira
1902 - 1971
Sheila Hicks (1934)
Sheila Hicks
1934
Julian Schnabel (1951)
Julian Schnabel
1951

Creators Contemporary art

Vladimir Evgenievich Egorov (1878 - 1960)
Vladimir Evgenievich Egorov
1878 - 1960
Walter Stöhrer (1937 - 2000)
Walter Stöhrer
1937 - 2000
Lee Quiñones (1960)
Lee Quiñones
1960
Ji Zhang (1982)
Ji Zhang
1982
Jules-Émile Zingg (1882 - 1942)
Jules-Émile Zingg
1882 - 1942
Pyotr Filippovich Alberti (1913 - 1994)
Pyotr Filippovich Alberti
1913 - 1994
Roy De Maistre (1894 - 1968)
Roy De Maistre
1894 - 1968
Anatoly Nisonovich Basin (1936)
Anatoly Nisonovich Basin
1936
Patrick Hughes (1939)
Patrick Hughes
1939
Hinnerk Bodendieck (1965)
Hinnerk Bodendieck
1965
Bernd Koberling (1938)
Bernd Koberling
1938
Irina Mikhailovna Baldina (1922 - 2009)
Irina Mikhailovna Baldina
1922 - 2009
Hua Rong Zheng (1970)
Hua Rong Zheng
1970
Micha Ullman (1939)
Micha Ullman
1939
Claus Otto Paeffgen (1933 - 2019)
Claus Otto Paeffgen
1933 - 2019
Dieter Noss (1947)
Dieter Noss
1947
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