Sterling Ruby
BC (3739), 2012
Collage, Paint, Bleach, Glue, Fabric on wood
34 x 26 x 1 1/2 in.
86.4 x 66 x 3.8 cm
86.4 x 66 x 3.8 cm
Copyright The Artist
“My work evolved from looking at graffiti, vandalism, the violence of tags in the streets and other forms of visual aggression, but as is more and more the case in...
“My
work evolved from looking at graffiti, vandalism, the violence of tags
in the streets and other forms of visual aggression, but as is more and
more the case in my work, my painting has become more formal, more
abstract... I think of it in terms of space, depth, punctuation or
colour, as I imagine artists have been doing for centuries.”
Sterling Ruby in conversation with Jérôme Sans, ‘Schizophrenic Monuments’, L’officiel Art, March - May 2013, p. 102