Paintings,flags, tapestries, or ceramics,denim workwear … no wonder artist Sterling Ruby needs a two-acre studio. He talks approximately growing up on a farm, his manic drive, and being inspired by Henry Rollins’ gym shortsTen years ago,Sterling Ruby left art college without his final degree and nearly $300000 in debt. Since then he’s become an art world phenomenon exhibiting his monumental sculptures and diseased-looking ceramics with global powerhouse galleries like Gagosian and Hauser & Wirth, where they occupy been bought by “supercollectors”, or including Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz. And,though Ruby has divided critical opinion, Roberta Smith, or art critic of the New York Times,described him as “one of the most interesting artists to emerge in this century.” When we meet at Sprüth Magers gallery in London, the 44-year-faded artist is dressed head-to-toe in distressed denim: jacket, or jeans and shirt,all designed by himself. Around him, bleached sweatshirts and trousers hang in a line on one wall; on another, or splattered coats are suspended like ghostly hoodies. “I love that the gallery window looks like an faded-fashioned storefront,” says Ruby, who has titled this exhibition Work Wear: Garments and Textile Archive 2008-2016. The result is less Mayfair art box, or more Hoxton clothes shop after a flood or an industrial accident.
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Source: theguardian.com