EX­hi­Bi­tion

STERLING RUBY

American artist Sterling Ruby is known for employing a multitude of aesthetic and material strategies in his practice. These range from fabricating sculptures out of materials like bronze, steel, and poured polyurethane to making drawings, collages, ceramics, paintings, photographs, and videos and producing textile works such as quilts, tapestries, garments, and soft sculptures. Through this artistic balancing act Ruby addresses themes like the pressures and violence of contemporary society, art history, and his own biography. All his works demonstrate a dynamic tension between the fluid and the static, the minimalist and the expressionistic, the pristine and the defaced. This exhibition at Taka Ishii Gallery will focus on new paintings and works on paper.

TAKA ISHII GALLERY

Since opening in 1994 Taka Ishii Gallery has developed an exhibition program that introduces international contemporary artists to Japan while providing a global platform for the country’s emerging artists and contemporary masters. While the gallery aesthetic is rooted in the photographic, the program is contemporary and represents artists working in a variety of media. It maintains an annual calendar of eight exhibitions and publishes catalogues and artist books. In addition to its primary exhibition space at complex665, Taka Ishii Gallery has a second venue in Roppongi, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, which focuses on pre- and postwar Japanese photography and film. In 2023 the gallery added branches in Kyoto and Maebashi for hosting collaborative projects with artists. In 2024 it opened its newest exhibition space in the Kyobashi area of Tokyo.