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Kiln works

February 21, 2008 - March 29, 2008

Reception: February 20, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sterling Ruby

Metro Pictures

519 W 24th St
Metro Pictures will exhibit new ceramic sculptures by Sterling Ruby, February 21 to March 29, in the upstairs gallery. After working in ceramics for nearly 10 years, “KILN WORKS” will be Ruby’s first exhibition dedicated exclusively to works in this medium.

Swirls of vivid color, blemishes and metallic surfaces on indistinct forms resembling baskets, vessels and body parts - Ruby's ceramic works are the result of free form building techniques that emphasize immediacy. For Ruby the kiln is an allegorical device used to denote termination of the clay's malleability. Craft, art therapy and German "hot lava" vessels from the 1970s are referenced.

Born in 1972, Sterling Ruby graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received his MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Running concurrently with this show is a solo exhibition at The Drawing Center from February 22 to March 27th. And upcoming is a solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, May 29th to August 31st. In the past year, he participated in the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, the California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art and “Red Eye: L.A. Artists,” at the Rubell Collection in Miami.

Art Reviews of Kiln works

New York Times March 21, 2008

Roberta Smith

"Sterling Ruby is one of the most interesting artists to emerge in this century. That’s only eight years, of course, but the claim may stick. He makes obstreperous, richly glazed ceramic vessels that suggest charred remains; totemic sculptures webbed with mucousy, macramélike drips of resin; large, dark collages dotted with constellations of tiny images of artifacts; and drawings, photographs and short videos...."

Books and DVDs related to artists in this show

Location   Gallery Metro Pictures Address 519 W 24th St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10011 United States Phone 212-206-7100 Fax 212-337-0070 Hours Tue-Sat 10-6

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