Sterling Ruby: I AM NOT FREE BECAUSE... at Spruth Magers Berlin

http://www.vernissage.tv | Opening reception of artist Sterling Ruby's solo exhibition with sculpture, installation, painting at Spruth Magers Gallery in Berlin / Germany.

More info: http://vernissage.tv/blog/2011/04/11/...

I AM NOT FREE BECAUSE I CAN BE EXPLODED ANYTIME is the title of a new installation, the Los Angeles based artist Sterling Ruby is currently presenting at the gallery Sprüth Magers in Berlin.

Regular viewers of our program will know the work of Sterling Ruby, as VernissageTV covered several group shows the artist was participating in: Abstract America at Saatchi Gallery, London; Portugal Arte 10, Lisbon; Misericordia at Prism, Los Angeles; and Art 40 Basel Art Unlimited, Basel: http://vernissage.tv/blog/tag/sterlin...

Sterling Ruby's show at Sprüth Magers Berlin features a large number of works including paintings, collages, and sculptures.The title of the exhibition, I AM NOT FREE BECAUSE I CAN BE EXPLODED ANYTIME, takes its name from a painting that Jenny Holzer and the graffiti artist Lady Pink created collaboratively in 1983.

Sterling Ruby was born in Bitburg, Germany. He studied at the Pennsylvania School of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA; the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; and the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
Photo set and press release are available after the jump.
Sterling Ruby: I AM NOT FREE BECAUSE I CAN BE EXPLODED ANYTIME at Sprüth Magers Berlin. Opening reception, April 7, 2011.