Sterling Ruby - Art for One Drop New York Friday, September 21, 2018 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Courtesy of the Artist and Sprüth Magers

  • Catalogue Essay

    Sterling Ruby lives and works in Los Angeles. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, and Art Center College of Design, Pasadena under Mike Kelley. He is known for his richly glazed biomorphic ceramics, poured urethane sculptures, hypnotic videos, and monumental spray-painted canvases. Manifesting his coherent artistic vision across an impressively diverse range of mediums, Ruby embarks upon investigations into the material and intellectual fabric of contemporary society.

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WIDW. HIGH-VIZ.

acrylic, oil, elastic, cardboard and treated fabric on canvas, in artist's frame
painting 84 x 48 in. (213.4 x 121.9 cm.)
framed 85 7/8 x 49 7/8 in. (218.1 x 126.7 cm.)

Executed in 2018.

Estimate
$250,000 - 350,000 

Sold for $330,000

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Art for One Drop

New York Charity Auction 21 September 2018