Sterling Ruby

Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
Acquired by the present owner from the above

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the edges and sides of the canvas. There are stray areas of adhesive residue scattered across the surface of the collaged fabric elements, which are inherent to the artist's working method. Unframed.
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"I like to think about all of my work as a type of collage. A collage represents… illicit merger. Things not belonging together, absolutely making sense together. That’s the way I perceive everything that I do. That to me is actually kind of beautiful and desirable. This notion of things that are on the periphery and would never have anything to do with one another, now kind of joining one another and creating something else. That actually seems very successful and beautiful to me." Sterling Ruby