11/11/2022
Pushing the boundaries between artistic mediums like no other contemporary artist, Sterling Ruby's art practice demonstrates that it is not the medium which defines the artist, but his vision and statement. Sterling Ruby has been developing a singular and very coherent world, through an unusual diversity of media. This show is built around an extraordinary polyptych of Ruby's signature spray paintings, the legendary SP paintings. In essence, through his Spray-painting series, Sterling Ruby paid a tribute and reinvented Rothko's work, using aerosol as a contemporary medium for XXIst Century paintings made in Los Angeles.
At a time when the art industry debates the concept of immersive art experiences, it is meaningful to highlight the natural immersive dimension of those works on canvas. The extra-large polyptych SP217 we present in this exhibition, is made of 5 giant canvases totalizing some 30 meters length. This is possibly the most immersive spray painting of Ruby, recalling that immersion and the subtility of the color diffusion, the spectacular waterlilies installation by Monet at the Musée de l'Orangerie, in Paris.
Born in 1972, Sterling Ruby grew up in a farm in Pennsylvania. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, USA, and counts today among the leading figures of contemporary art. His Spray paintings are considered masterpieces of the early XXIst Century.
This exhibition in Concrete happens to be the very first one of Sterling Ruby in the Middle East.
An exhibition presented by the Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation
Curated by .neutres ae