Sterling Ruby: Mix Piz
Vito Schnabel Gallery is pleased to present Mix Piz, an exhibition of new work by Sterling Ruby. The title brings together two aspects of the show: 鈥渕ix,鈥� representing the mixture of mediums Ruby assembled for the space鈥攂ronze, mobile, collage, painting, and ceramic鈥攁nd 鈥淧iz,鈥� which means 鈥減eak鈥� in Romansh, one of the official languages of Switzerland spoken in the Engadin region. 鈥淧iz鈥� is a common prefix to the names of many Swiss mountains in the area.
Friedrich Nietzsche first developed his idea of the eternal return while on long meandering hikes in the Engadin. While installing his Stoves exhibition last year in St. Moritz, Ruby began reflecting on the intellectual history and the landscape of this region, and it became a catalyst in the creation of his own idyllic vernacular and symbolism. A free association connects hiking in the region to the motions of the planets to the eternal recurrence, across distinct bodies of work in a wide range of materials - from collage to ceramics.
This exhibition is the second solo show of Ruby鈥檚 work presented by Vito Schnabel Gallery. The first, Stoves, was an installation of two of Ruby鈥檚 large-scale functioning wood-burning stoves, each measuring 14 to 17 feet in height, set in a garden across from the gallery at the Kulm Hotel.
Sterling Ruby is known for his use of a wide range of aesthetic and material strategies, from sculptures made of saturated, glossy, poured polyurethane, bronze and steel, to drawings, collages, richly glazed ceramics, spray-paint paintings, photography and video, as well as textile works that include quilts, tapestries and large stuffed soft sculptures.
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Vito Schnabel Gallery is pleased to present Mix Piz, an exhibition of new work by Sterling Ruby. The title brings together two aspects of the show: 鈥渕ix,鈥� representing the mixture of mediums Ruby assembled for the space鈥攂ronze, mobile, collage, painting, and ceramic鈥攁nd 鈥淧iz,鈥� which means 鈥減eak鈥� in Romansh, one of the official languages of Switzerland spoken in the Engadin region. 鈥淧iz鈥� is a common prefix to the names of many Swiss mountains in the area.
Friedrich Nietzsche first developed his idea of the eternal return while on long meandering hikes in the Engadin. While installing his Stoves exhibition last year in St. Moritz, Ruby began reflecting on the intellectual history and the landscape of this region, and it became a catalyst in the creation of his own idyllic vernacular and symbolism. A free association connects hiking in the region to the motions of the planets to the eternal recurrence, across distinct bodies of work in a wide range of materials - from collage to ceramics.
This exhibition is the second solo show of Ruby鈥檚 work presented by Vito Schnabel Gallery. The first, Stoves, was an installation of two of Ruby鈥檚 large-scale functioning wood-burning stoves, each measuring 14 to 17 feet in height, set in a garden across from the gallery at the Kulm Hotel.
Sterling Ruby is known for his use of a wide range of aesthetic and material strategies, from sculptures made of saturated, glossy, poured polyurethane, bronze and steel, to drawings, collages, richly glazed ceramics, spray-paint paintings, photography and video, as well as textile works that include quilts, tapestries and large stuffed soft sculptures.
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