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Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga Today is the last day of the exhibition. Image: Sterling Ruby... BALLET (7355), 2020 Ceramic 4 3/8 x 33 1/2 x 17 inches (11.1 x 85.1 x 43.2 cm) Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga, bringing together two of the most innovative makers in ceramics today. The exhibition finds parallels between two studio practices developed an ocean apart; Ruby in Los Angeles, California, United States and Yasunaga in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Every object in these rooms is composed of earthen matter, shaped into familiar forms; basins, baskets, mortars, plates, vessels, bowls, cups and clubs, small animals, birds, shells, flowers and hearts. Also, the legs of a ballet dancer. They appear misshapen, eroded, melted, sometimes fused and usually empty. All have extraordinary surfaces. It’s been observed that these works illicit archeological fantasies in the viewer, perhaps because we’ve been pre-conditioned to seek enlightenment from even the smallest ceramic shards. #currentexhibition #Sterling ruby #ceramic Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio. Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga Until tomorrow October 31, 2020 For an appointment to link in bio.... Images: Masaomi Yasunaga Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga, bringing together two of the most innovative makers in ceramics today. The exhibition finds parallels between two studio practices developed an ocean apart; Ruby in Los Angeles, California, United States and Yasunaga in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Every object in these rooms is composed of earthen matter, shaped into familiar forms; basins, baskets, mortars, plates, vessels, bowls, cups and clubs, small animals, birds, shells, flowers and hearts. Also, the legs of a ballet dancer. They appear misshapen, eroded, melted, sometimes fused and usually empty. All have extraordinary surfaces. It’s been observed that these works illicit archeological fantasies in the viewer, perhaps because we’ve been pre-conditioned to seek enlightenment from even the smallest ceramic shards. #currentexhibition #masaomiyasunaga #glaze #ceramic

Sterling Ruby CLUB (7464), 2020 Ceramic 46 1/4 x 17 3/8 x 2 3/4 in 117.5 x 44.1 x 7 cm... CLUB (7463), 2020 Ceramic 38 x 12 x 2 3/4 in 96.5 x 30.5 x 7 cm CLUB (7465), 2020 Ceramic 33 1/8 x 12 1/2 x 2 1/4 in 84.1 x 31.8 x 5.7 cm CLUB (7165), 2019 Ceramic 32 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches 82.6 x 36.8 x 3.2 cm Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga Through October 31, 2020 For an appointment to link in bio. #currentexhibition #sterlingruby #ceramic Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio. Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga Through October 31, 2020 For an appointment to link in bio.... Image: / melting vessel,2019 Glaze, clay. 26-3/8 x 20-7/8 x 20-7/8 inches 67 x 53 x 53 cm Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga, bringing together two of the most innovative makers in ceramics today. The exhibition finds parallels between two studio practices developed an ocean apart; Ruby in Los Angeles, California, United States and Yasunaga in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Every object in these rooms is composed of earthen matter, shaped into familiar forms; basins, baskets, mortars, plates, vessels, bowls, cups and clubs, small animals, birds, shells, flowers and hearts. Also, the legs of a ballet dancer. They appear misshapen, eroded, melted, sometimes fused and usually empty. All have extraordinary surfaces. It’s been observed that these works illicit archeological fantasies in the viewer, perhaps because we’ve been pre-conditioned to seek enlightenment from even the smallest ceramic shards. #currentexhibition #masaomiyasunaga #ceramic

Sterling Ruby BONNET (7478), 2020 Ceramic 14 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (36.2 x 64.1 x 59.1 cm)... Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga Through October 31, 2020 For an appointment to link in bio. #currentexhibition #sterlingruby #ceramic Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio. Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby Installation at Nonaka-Hill Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga September 19 - October 31, 2020... For an appointment to link in bio. #currentexhibition #sterlingruby #ceramic Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio. Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga September 19 - October 31, 2020 For an appointment to link in bio.... Both artists have engaged excavation as a muse, a metaphor and as a vital physical component of their studio production of the works on view here. Growing up in proximity to Pennsylvania’s Amish community, Sterling Ruby observed the potential for self-sufficiency through humility and the discipline of putting away resources for later use. Images of Amish quilts, an example of such re-use, appeared in the artist’s earliest collage and photographic works, alongside images of ancient ceramics, which may have been entombed and disinterred. The artist conceptualized the circulation of images, materials and all by-product into an ethos for his wide-ranging production in multiple media. Citing clay as his monument material, Ruby salvages failed or broken ceramic attempts to later reveal in his Basin Theology series. These repository works lovingly nestle elements which may have ripped, cracked, shattered or exploded elsewhere, returning them to the kiln embellished with every kind of surface finish, from pooled glazes in a spectrum of colors, to iridescent metallics and dusty metallic lusters. Ruby exhibits works from ongoing series, including MORTARS, CLUBS and BALLET, and debuts new-wall based FLOWERS, which appear both ravaged and sentimental. Masaomi Yasunaga’s engagement with excavation is fundamental to both his studio process and to the appearance of the finished artworks. Yasunaga developed glaze and glass powder compounds from which he forms his sculptures. He buries the works in various earthen materials before entering the kiln. The objects melt and bond with the surrounding materials, which the artist varies from work to work. Several of the works in the exhibition are encrusted with unrefined clay, which burns to a peachy colored hue. #currentexhibition #sterlingruby #masaomiyasunaga #ceramic #glaze

Sterling Ruby MORTAR (7168), 2019 Ceramic. 29 1/4 x 30 3/4 x 2 3/4 74.3 x 78.1 x 7 cm... Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga September 19 - October 31, 2020 For an appointment to link in bio. #currentexhibition #sterlingruby #ceramic Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio. Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby Basin Theology / TROPHIC CASCADE,2020 Ceramic 71 3/4 x 95 x 49 1/2 in 182.2 x 241.3 x 125.7 cm... Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga September 19 - October 31, 2020 For an appointment to link in bio. #currentexhibition #sterlingruby #ceramic @sterlingruby Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio. Sterling Ruby