Sterling Ruby

German | 1972

Sterling Ruby is a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1972. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Gagosian, Hong Kong. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Gagosian, Gstaad have featured Sterling Ruby's work in the past.Sterling Ruby's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 630 USD to 1,785,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2007 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,785,000 USD for SP231, sold at Christie's New York in 2013. Sterling Ruby has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, FAD Magazine and Wallpaper . The most recent article is 10 Shows to See in Venice During the Biennale, from a Pierre Huyghe Blockbuster to Art About Palestine written for ARTnews in April 2024.

SP37, 2008

Spray paint on canvas

96 1/8 x 84 in.

SP56, 2008

spray paint on canvas

243.9 x 213.4 cm. (96 x 84 in.)

SP302, 2014

spray paint on canvas

96 x 84 in. (243.8 x 213.4 cm.)

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

BC (3532

By Sterling Ruby

Phillips London

Lips (4748

By Sterling Ruby

Phillips London

SNAKE (4694

By Sterling Ruby

Phillips London

Available Artworks

Untitled (Monoprint)

By Sterling Ruby

Rago Arts and Auction Center

Recent Auction Results

WIDW. HELIOS (7030

By Sterling Ruby

+194%

above mid-estimate

Christie's New York

Found Fabric Print 1 / True Love Always, Trans Los Angeles

By Sterling Ruby

Christie's London

SP183

By Sterling Ruby

-6%

below mid-estimate

Phillips New York

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Current Exhibitions

Andy Warhol’s Long Shadow

Gagosian, Hong Kong

Central | Hong Kong | Hong Kong

Mar 25,2024 - May 11,2024

For What It’s Worth: Value Systems in Art since 1960

The Warehouse

Dallas | Texas | USA

Feb 02,2024 - Jun 29,2024

Past Exhibitions

Halfway to Sanity

The Pit, Los Angeles

Los Angeles | California | USA

Feb 24,2024 - Apr 06,2024

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Articles

10 Shows to See in Venice During the Biennale, from a Pierre Huyghe Blockbuster to Art About Palestine

ARTnews 11/04/2024

Italy’s Venice Biennale, the world’s biggest art festival, would be big enough if it were limited to merely its main venues, the Arsenale and the Giardini.

Exhibition of Major Works by Warhol and Artists He Inspired Opens at Gagosian

ArtDaily 25/03/2024

Gagosian announced Andy Warhol’s Long Shadow in Hong Kong, on view March 25–May 11, 2024, and coinciding with Art Basel Hong Kong.

Gagosian’s New Andy Warhol Exhibition Coincides with Art Basel Hong Kong.

FAD Magazine 21/03/2024

Gagosian to present Andy Warhol’s Long Shadow in Hong Kong coinciding with Art Basel Hong Kong.

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Coverage

“ ..Whilst Ruby is well known for his collages, and has also constructed mobiles in the past, the works presented in ECLPSE and SCALES bear witness to a shift in perspective... ”
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Xavier Hufkens, 107 rue St-Georges

“ ..Whilst Ruby is well known for his collages, and has also constructed mobiles in the past, the works presented in ECLPSE and SCALES bear witness to a shift in perspective... ”
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Xavier Hufkens, 6 rue St-Georges

“ .. Sterling Ruby is known for his use of a wide range of aesthetic and material strategies, from sculptures made of saturated, glossy, poured polyurethane, bronze and steel, to drawings, collages, richly... ”
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Vito Schnabel Gallery

“ ..Intellectually, frontiers interest him, from urban gang territories demarcated in graffiti to the charting of newly discovered stars and planets; in his work, Ruby tests formal limits, marking the edges... ”
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Gagosian Gallery, Paris

“ ..By affixing jutting metal pipes, faucets, and frying pans to the tables and covering them with tumorous masses of solder, Ruby stratifies and memorializes every act of labor that once took place on their... ”
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Gagosian Gallery, London (Britannia Street)