Sterling Ruby - Contemporary Artists

Kiss Trap Kismet (and 4 details)

The Saatchi Gallery
 

Sterling Ruby

Kiss Trap Kismet (and 4 details)

2008
PVC pipe, urethane, wood, expanding foam, aluminium, spray paint.

300 x 384 x 122 cm

Sterling Ruby’s three dimensional structures engage with traditional considerations of sculpture being inherently relative to the human body: things which occupy real space (rather than painting’s illusionary space) are experienced physically. Measured against minimalism’s hallowed purity of the object, where form is asserted on a conceptual level, Ruby’s Kiss Trap Kismet is a radical convergence of the sublime and abject. Presented as a towering arch, Kiss Trap Kismet poses object as organism – primal, totemic, exuding a raw, animal power in its visceral aesthetic. Mounted on a graffitied plinth, Ruby’s sculpture teeters between instinctive revulsion and stounding beauty, drawing reference to contemporary ritual, aggression, and urban experience.
 
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