Sterling Ruby builds bodies and surfaces out of botanical remnants, print processes, and industrial casting. His studio practice often begins with gathered sources—flowers and garden materials—then expands into larger systems of repetition, pairing, and variation across sculpture and works on paper. The result is a visual language that treats “natural” forms as both matter and symbol.
In this exhibition context, Ruby’s floral references are developed through cyanotype-based collages that carry drawn, wash-like marks, then translated into cast bronze sculptures that hold gestures like an argument or a vow. Even when the works look unified, they function as relationships: one element answering another, staged as a kind of choreography between forms and their implied histories—elegy, commitment, and breakdown.
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