Sterling Ruby

(American, born 1972)

Sterling Ruby is a contemporary American artist. Working in a multidisciplinary practice, Ruby often pulls from a wide range of socio-economic topics to create politically charged work. In his 2008 solo exhibition “SUPERMAX 2008,” the artist converted the Los Angeles County Museum of Art into a dense installation invoking the harsh living conditions of the American prison system, displaying a range of objects covered in fake blood and red polyurethane. In Ruby’s series SOFT WORK (2012), consisting of loose fabric sculptures sewn out of the American flag, he offers a playful means of confronting the pitfalls of overt patriotism. Born in 1972 on an American Air Force Base in Bitburg, Germany, Ruby worked in construction before entering art school, a skill that later would inform his work. He graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002 and then attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he worked as Mike Kelley’s teaching assistant and took classes from Semiotext(e) founder and theorist Sylvère Lotringer. His work can be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.

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BC (3791), 2012

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BC (3791), 2012

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CHRON, 2015

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CHRON, 2015

Sale Date: September 17, 2022

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MS43-3035, 2010

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MS43-3035, 2010

Sale Date: July 1, 2022

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Monument Stalagmite/Icolagnia, 2008

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Monument Stalagmite/Icolagnia, 2008

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Sans titre, 2009

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Sans titre, 2009

Sale Date: June 13, 2022

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SOFT VORTEX DIPTYCH 1, 2010

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SOFT VORTEX DIPTYCH 1, 2010

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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SP 180, 2011

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SP 180, 2011

Sale Date: March 11, 2022

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Basin Theology RWB, 2010

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Basin Theology RWB, 2010

Sale Date: March 10, 2022

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Candles (Exercise in Obsessive), 2005

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Candles (Exercise in Obsessive), 2005

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Vampire, 2012

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Vampire, 2012

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Stove 1, 2012

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Stove 1, 2012

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Event Horizon, 2005

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Event Horizon, 2005

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Crying Horses: Three Dreams of Infinity, 2003

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Crying Horses: Three Dreams of Infinity, 2003

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Transgrid/Feminique 1, 2010

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Transgrid/Feminique 1, 2010

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Claret Stalagmite Monument, 2008

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Claret Stalagmite Monument, 2008

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Head Cleaner/ Head Hunter, 2009

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Head Cleaner/ Head Hunter, 2009

Sale Date: November 26, 2021

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2 DROPS, 2011

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2 DROPS, 2011

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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Monument Stalagmite / Visine Dream, 2009

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Monument Stalagmite / Visine Dream, 2009

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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Evolutive Gateway, 2008

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Evolutive Gateway, 2008

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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Basin Theology / RWB, 2010

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Basin Theology / RWB, 2010

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Untitled, 2005

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Untitled, 2005

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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ASHTRAY 201, 2011, 2011

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ASHTRAY 201, 2011, 2011

Sale Date: November 3, 2021

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ASHTRAY 144, 2010, 2010

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ASHTRAY 144, 2010, 2010

Sale Date: November 3, 2021

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DEEP ORANGE, 2016

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DEEP ORANGE, 2016

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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