Sterling Ruby Headless Dick / Deth Till 2008 Formica, wood and spray paint 180 x 47 7/8 x 150 in. (457.2 x 121.9 x 381 cm.) Inscribed "Deth Till" along the lower base of the central element.
Provenance Foxy Production, New York Exhibited Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, SUPERMAX 2008, June 19 - September 19, 2008 London, Saatchi Gallery, The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, May 27 - October 16, 2011 Literature P. Kaiser, SUPERMAX 2008, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008, p. 87(illustrated) J. Cape, The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, Los Angeles, 2009, pp. 336-339 (illustrated) A. R. Rabottini, Sterling Ruby Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy, 2009, pp. 1-3 (illustrated) The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, exh. cat., Saatchi Gallery, London, 2011, p. 85 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay "I was looking at the gang-related activity of marking territories; gang members would inscribe Formica, aluminum and steel objects as i to claim authorship.ownership over anything placed within their vicinity; gangs were even defacing things that looked like a Minimalist works, objects and public-monuments... like a thief. I've always wanted to do that to a [Donald] Judd." Sterling Ruby 2007-2008 Read More
Sterling Ruby Headless Dick / Deth Till 2008 Formica, wood and spray paint 180 x 47 7/8 x 150 in. (457.2 x 121.9 x 381 cm.) Inscribed "Deth Till" along the lower base of the central element.
Provenance Foxy Production, New York Exhibited Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, SUPERMAX 2008, June 19 - September 19, 2008 London, Saatchi Gallery, The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, May 27 - October 16, 2011 Literature P. Kaiser, SUPERMAX 2008, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008, p. 87(illustrated) J. Cape, The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, Los Angeles, 2009, pp. 336-339 (illustrated) A. R. Rabottini, Sterling Ruby Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy, 2009, pp. 1-3 (illustrated) The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, exh. cat., Saatchi Gallery, London, 2011, p. 85 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay "I was looking at the gang-related activity of marking territories; gang members would inscribe Formica, aluminum and steel objects as i to claim authorship.ownership over anything placed within their vicinity; gangs were even defacing things that looked like a Minimalist works, objects and public-monuments... like a thief. I've always wanted to do that to a [Donald] Judd." Sterling Ruby 2007-2008 Read More
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