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Sterling Ruby

American artist (born 1972)

PersonAge 54humanQ1231971

Also known as Ruby Sterling

Born: January 21, 1972
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-10-16
2.Stated in Art UK painters database“Sterling Ruby”artuk.org/discover/artists/ruby-sterling-b-1972
3.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Le DelargeRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in CONOR.SIRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Bitburg
Citizenship: United States
, Germany
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1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
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Occupation: artist
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1.Stated in Le DelargeRetrieved 2022-04-22
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, draftsperson
, painter
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1.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
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Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Employer: European Graduate School
Languages spoken, written or signed: German

Overview

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Sterling Ruby is an American artist who works in a large variety of media including ceramics, painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video, and textiles. Often, his work is presented in large and densely packed installations. The artist has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies, urban gangs and graffiti, hip-hop culture, craft, punk, masculinity, violence, public art, prisons, globalization, American domination and decline, waste and consumption. In opposition to the minimalist artistic tradition and influenced by the ubiquity of urban graffiti, the artist's works often appear scratched, defaced, camouflaged, dirty, or splattered. Proclaimed as one of the most interesting artists to emerge this century by New York Times art critic Roberta Smith, Ruby's work examines the psychological space where individual expression confronts social constraint. Sterling Ruby currently lives and works in Los Angeles. His studio is located in Vernon, south of downtown Los Angeles.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2017-08-26
2.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
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Given name: Sterling
Represented by: Xavier Hufkens
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1.xavierhufkens.com/artistsRetrieved 2018-04-07
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Gagosian Gallery
Sprüth Magers
Video Data Bank
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1.vdb.org/artists/sterling-rubyRetrieved 2021-02-23
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Has works in the collection: Tate
Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Dallas Museum of Art
Copyright representative: reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
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1.Stated in DACS registerRetrieved 2019-10-19
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Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
Artist files at: Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
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1.library.si.edu/art-and-artist-files
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National Gallery of Art Library
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1.library.nga.gov/permalink/01NGA_INST/1cl1g8d/alma993806083504896
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Family name: Ruby

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