Property from a Distinguished Private Collection Sterling Ruby Follow The Fed Mortar (Rainbow) incised with the artist's initials and date 'S.R. '09' on the underside glazed ceramic 14.6 x 48.9 x 48.8 cm (5 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.) Executed in 2009.
Provenance Xavier Hufkens, Brussels Simon Lee Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 2009) Acquired from the above by the present owner Catalogue Essay 'Using clay became a way to just make something, it represented the gesture I was longing for. I started to see my ceramics as monuments to my desire to make a sincere gesture, and the shame that came with it....For me, as a material, clay has always been about malleability as opposed to vulnerability. That being said, I incorporate the failure and fragility of ceramics by using broken fragments from previous works in the creation of new pieces. I like the opportunity for chance, the reclamation and recycling through materials. It becomes an autobiographical excavation, my own archaeology.' Sterling Ruby Read More
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection Sterling Ruby Follow The Fed Mortar (Rainbow) incised with the artist's initials and date 'S.R. '09' on the underside glazed ceramic 14.6 x 48.9 x 48.8 cm (5 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.) Executed in 2009.
Provenance Xavier Hufkens, Brussels Simon Lee Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 2009) Acquired from the above by the present owner Catalogue Essay 'Using clay became a way to just make something, it represented the gesture I was longing for. I started to see my ceramics as monuments to my desire to make a sincere gesture, and the shame that came with it....For me, as a material, clay has always been about malleability as opposed to vulnerability. That being said, I incorporate the failure and fragility of ceramics by using broken fragments from previous works in the creation of new pieces. I like the opportunity for chance, the reclamation and recycling through materials. It becomes an autobiographical excavation, my own archaeology.' Sterling Ruby Read More
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