Sterling Ruby at Foxy Production and Metro Pictures

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from the entrance at Foxy, a detail of "SUPEROVERPASS"


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collages grouped in the rear of the gallery at Foxy


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a detail of the enormous "Recondite" at Metro Pictures


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more of "Recondite", with collages on the wall in the background


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detail of Metro's "Mortar and Pestle/Torso Combo", with works on paper on wall


I'm on my way out the door right now, so I don't have time to write anything or even identify the works in these images, but I want to recommend Sterling Ruby's brilliant installations at Foxy Production, where he was first shown in New York, and Metro Pictures, whose comparatively vast spaces house several truly monumental sculptures. Between the two galleries there is work in virtually every medium, including sculpture, video, painting, print, ceramic, photography and collage, much of it of these elements compounded.

Ruby's a master in each of them. These shows may be my favorites for the year.

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Published on May 2, 2007 2:49 PM.

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