Sterling Ruby @ Gagosian

November 22, 2022 

2-TIMES • Art
Sterling Ruby,
‘Turbines’
@ Gagosian 
— 

‘In its elicitation
of speed and
devastation —
specifically self-
destruction —
“Turbines” inevitably
evokes the Futurists
and Russian
Constructivism.’ 

Born:
1972 — Bitburg,
Germany. 

The exhibition: 
Features a series
of new abstract
paintings by the
American artist
that represent a
convergence of
several bodies of
work, using different
mediums to expand
the definitions of
painting & collage. 

Ruby's influences: 
Giacomo Balla
& 
El Lissitzky. 

“I wanted these 
paintings to feel 
turbulent, frenetic, 
and convulsive. 
I keep asking 
myself, how can I 
make something 
that inevitably 
reflects the charged 
time in which we 
live, to evoke a 
political tension, 
without being 
explicitly bound to 
that interpretation?” 

2-TIMES' highlights: 
· Exit Next, 2022 
· Shaking hand
with bombs, 2022 

On view at: 
Gagosian New York 
— 
W 21st Street,
New York, NY 10010,
United States. 

Closes: 
December 23, 2022.