Ster­ling Ruby

Published by Prestel, this mono­graph on Ster­ling Ruby serves as a compre­hen­sive record of the artist’s prolific and multi-disci­pli­nary output. The paper­back volume, featur­ing printed wraps, tracks Ruby’s career through a visual survey of paint­ing, sculp­ture, ceram­ics, textiles, and large-scale installation.

The book is struc­tured by specific bodies of work, allow­ing for a sequen­tial exam­i­na­tion of his various formal inves­ti­ga­tions. Illus­trated through­out with color plates, the imagery utilizes both full-page spreads and macro detail views to regis­ter the mate­r­ial complex­ity of his prac­tice — from poured glazes and abraded surfaces to heavily stitched fabrics. By docu­ment­ing these mate­r­ial condi­tions along­side instal­la­tion views that estab­lish scale, the publi­ca­tion provides a rigor­ous analy­sis of the ​“anti-hier­ar­chi­cal” approach that defines Ruby’s contri­bu­tion to contemporary art.