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High Kicker, 2019

High Kicker, 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 1/2 x 39 x 34 inches
(135.9 x 99.1 x 86.4 cm)

High Kicker, 2019

High Kicker, 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 1/2 x 39 x 34 inches
(135.9 x 99.1 x 86.4 cm)

 

High Kicker, 2019

High Kicker, 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 1/2 x 39 x 34 inches
(135.9 x 99.1 x 86.4 cm)

High Kicker, 2019

High Kicker, 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 1/2 x 39 x 34 inches
(135.9 x 99.1 x 86.4 cm)

High Kicker, 2019

High Kicker, 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 1/2 x 39 x 34 inches
(135.9 x 99.1 x 86.4 cm)

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019
ceramic with glaze
71 3/4 x 38 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches
(182.2 x 97.8 x 74.9 cm)

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019
ceramic with glaze
71 3/4 x 38 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches
(182.2 x 97.8 x 74.9 cm)

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019
ceramic with glaze
71 3/4 x 38 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches
(182.2 x 97.8 x 74.9 cm)

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019
ceramic with glaze
71 3/4 x 38 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches
(182.2 x 97.8 x 74.9 cm)

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019

Untitled (Large Figure Smoking), 2019
ceramic with glaze
71 3/4 x 38 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches
(182.2 x 97.8 x 74.9 cm)

Untitled, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Untitled, 2019
ceramic with glaze
56 1/2 x 35 x 34 inches
(143.5 x 88.9 x 86.4 cm)

 

Untitled, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Untitled, 2019
ceramic with glaze
56 1/2 x 35 x 34 inches
(143.5 x 88.9 x 86.4 cm)

Untitled, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Untitled, 2019
ceramic with glaze
56 1/2 x 35 x 34 inches
(143.5 x 88.9 x 86.4 cm)

Untitled, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Untitled, 2019
ceramic with glaze
56 1/2 x 35 x 34 inches
(143.5 x 88.9 x 86.4 cm)

Untitled, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Untitled, 2019
ceramic with glaze
56 1/2 x 35 x 34 inches
(143.5 x 88.9 x 86.4 cm)

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019
ceramic with glaze
51 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 30 inches
(130.8 x 138.4 x 76.2 cm)

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019
ceramic with glaze
51 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 30 inches
(130.8 x 138.4 x 76.2 cm)

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019
ceramic with glaze
51 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 30 inches
(130.8 x 138.4 x 76.2 cm)

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019
ceramic with glaze
51 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 30 inches
(130.8 x 138.4 x 76.2 cm)

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019

Women with Dolls in Their Laps, 2019
ceramic with glaze
51 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 30 inches
(130.8 x 138.4 x 76.2 cm)

Ghosts, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Ghosts, 2019
ceramic with glaze
66 x 46 x 45 inches
(167.6 x 116.8 x 114.3 cm)

Ghosts, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Ghosts, 2019
ceramic with glaze
66 x 46 x 45 inches
​(167.6 x 116.8 x 114.3 cm)

Ghosts, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Ghosts, 2019
ceramic with glaze
66 x 46 x 45 inches
​(167.6 x 116.8 x 114.3 cm)

Ghosts, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Ghosts, 2019
ceramic with glaze
66 x 46 x 45 inches
​(167.6 x 116.8 x 114.3 cm)

Ghosts, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Ghosts, 2019
ceramic with glaze
66 x 46 x 45 inches
​(167.6 x 116.8 x 114.3 cm)

Pietà, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Pietà, 2019
ceramic with glaze
59 x 38 x 30 inches
(149.9 x 96.5 x 76.2 cm)

 

Pietà, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Pietà, 2019
ceramic with glaze
59 x 38 x 30 inches
(149.9 x 96.5 x 76.2 cm)

Pietà, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Pietà, 2019
ceramic with glaze
59 x 38 x 30 inches
(149.9 x 96.5 x 76.2 cm)

Pietà, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Pietà, 2019
ceramic with glaze
59 x 38 x 30 inches
(149.9 x 96.5 x 76.2 cm)

Pietà, 2019 ceramic with glaze

Pietà, 2019
ceramic with glaze
59 x 38 x 30 inches
(149.9 x 96.5 x 76.2 cm)

Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019

Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 x 41 x 26 inches
(134.6 x 104.1 x 66 cm)

Ruby Neri Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019

Ruby Neri
Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 x 41 x 26 inches
(134.6 x 104.1 x 66 cm)
 

Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019

Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 x 41 x 26 inches
(134.6 x 104.1 x 66 cm)

Ruby Neri Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019

Ruby Neri
Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 x 41 x 26 inches
(134.6 x 104.1 x 66 cm)

Ruby Neri Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019

Ruby Neri
Untitled (Figure with Small Women), 2019
ceramic with glaze
53 x 41 x 26 inches
(134.6 x 104.1 x 66 cm)

新闻稿

大卫·柯丹斯基画廊隆重推出:鲁比·内利(Ruby Neri)新雕塑展。展览将于2019年5月11日正式开幕,并持续至6月15日。开幕酒会将于5月11日星期六晚6-8点举办。

近年来,鲁比·内利凭借其描绘女性形态的陶瓷雕塑而日益受到认可。这些作品几乎总是围绕“容器”的核心概念,并以其特殊的物理构造和釉料的强度——通常使用喷枪上釉——而夺人眼球。本次展览将呈现内利迄今为止创作的若干件超大体量、繁琐的雕塑作品。

鲁比·内利的创作建立了一种标志性的类型学,她将众多艺术风格融汇综合,其中包括旧金山湾区人物画派、街头艺术、古代艺术对繁殖力的表现,以及当代陶瓷艺术潮流等。这些作品描绘了女性参与到某种近乎仪式化的权力分配中,强调了心理和性的驱动力,散发出粗野的女性主义特征。其中一些新雕塑作品由大小各异的人物形象组成。娇小的女性被硕大的女性形态抱握、支撑和包裹着,表明了一种一方主导而另一方服从的关系模式。这些引人入胜的场面流露出模糊性和趣味性,为作品增添了一层丰富的叙事内容。源源不断的视觉和雕塑信息流经这些高度三维立体的物体表面,从正面到背面,从底部到上方,从内部到外部。

这种叙事感将观看者的目光引向了人物自身的质感——它们往往共享着某些特定的基本特征。金发、富有戏剧感的厚嘴唇、丰满的腰身、暴露的生殖器,她们或许是某个特定人物的不同变体,而其最突出的特点即是她不加修饰的坦诚的面部表情。陶醉的,会意的,困惑的,她向观看者返还的注视,暗示了其关系的——她自身的内在性、围绕着她的其他版本、观看者、打造她的材料和创造她的艺术家——必然的复杂性。

这些雕塑散发着自信的光晕,这在很大程度上取决于陶土的坚固性和内利的处理方式。例如,她将人物的四肢或金色发辫作为容器的把手,尽管这扰乱了其实用性的特征,但却进而强调了容器在人类文化发展中的中心地位。这些作品在尺寸上被注入了建筑性特征,从而与地质构造和树木(有时包含了夸张的花卉图像),或由母系社会建造的古老图腾形成对比。在某些情况下,它们侧面的球状突起物上含有孔隙,使观众可以观察到其内部空间。

除了提高作品的雕塑复杂性——考虑到构建和烧制如此规模的陶瓷物体所涉及的挑战,内利还持续对釉料展开探索。在过去的几年中,粉红色的肉色色调变得越来越浓烈,强化了这些作品与流行文化之间的关联。同样值得注意的是,内利用于勾勒人物轮廓的黑线,它们在起伏的周身轮廓上穿行和流动,并具有了自身的生命。在喷枪所制造的爆裂感中,红色和深粉色将女性的嘴唇和脸颊烘托出来,令人想起血管在皮肤下充盈的状态。

这些元素将观者的目光引向作品表面的不同质感,纹理在相互对应和牵制中找到了平衡。例如,覆盖在大部分雕塑作品之“皮肤”上的密集的磨痕,令人联想到古老的壁画涂鸦或战后绘画的姿态抽象(gestural abstraction);但在其他情况下,它们则承载着具象的意义,比如被用来描绘人物背后披散着的、甚至偶尔编成辫子的厚重的头发。事实上,这些人物总以或隐或显的方式被联系起来。对于那些由单一人物构成的作品而言,整场展览即是一个上演着生动想象力的狂热舞台,她在其他作品中的姐妹似乎也体现了她的梦想、幻觉和心理投射。那么,矛盾或许就在于,内利的雕塑在尺寸上越来越大,她的视野越来越开阔,而她的艺术却愈发个人化,并深深地扣动着关于亲密、脆弱和人性的和弦。

2018年,鲁比·内利(1970年生于旧金山)的双个展:“艾丽西亚·麦卡锡与鲁比·内利 / 矩阵270”在加州大学伯克利分校艺术博物馆和加州太平洋电影资料馆举办。她参与的群展包括:“从放克到朋克:左岸陶瓷艺术”,伊弗森美术馆,锡拉丘兹,纽约州(2018);“居家平面:对桌面艺术对象的新展望,像我们这样的对象”,奥德里奇当代艺术博物馆,瑞吉菲尔德,康涅狄格州(2018);“中城”,纽约市利华大厦(2017);“神秘别墅”,洛杉矶艺术博物馆(2016);“纳帕谷收藏展”,纳帕谷博物馆,扬特维尔,加州(2016);“无人之境:卢贝尔家族收藏中的女性艺术家”,卢贝尔家族收藏馆,迈阿密(2015);“肥沃土壤:加州的艺术和社区”,加州奥克兰博物馆与旧金山现代艺术博物馆联合策划(2014);“能量无处不在:教会学校”,纽约大学格雷艺术画廊和旧金山艺术学院(2013-14);“爆裂”,高线艺术,纽约(2013);“2012 L.A.制造”,汉莫尔艺术博物馆,洛杉矶(2012)。鲁比·内利目前在洛杉矶生活和工作。