For her first solo show in Miami, Stiler expands on her sculptural engagement with the female form and its manifestation in the varied dialects of twentieth century abstraction. Through the application of at-hand and unfinished building materials, the artist explores the tropical modernist architecture that is native to Miami as a site of sculptural opportunity. With suspended laser-cut screens and wall-mounted plaster reliefs inspired loosely by the city’s vernacular style, Stiler’s installation blocks out new spaces-within-a-space in the main gallery.
The installation is accompanied by a new animation that Stiler created as she generated the brise soleil patterns. Through the “lens” of a flat bed scanner, we see the artist intuitively arranging cut paper shapes into compositions, as if working in a private sketchbook. Making a connection between the light of the scanner and the punctuated sunlight streaming through patterned walls, Stiler compiled the scans into an animation. A loose narrative emerges at points in the animation that incorporate the female figure, an ongoing theme in the artists practice.
About Ruby Sky Stiler
Ruby Sky Stiler lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from Yale University in 2006. Recent exhibitions include, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York; SAKS, Geneva; The Suburban, Oak Park, IL; The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR; Derek Eller Gallery, New York; Callicoon Fine Arts, Callicoon, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY; Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles; and Sunday Gallery, New York. Upcoming exhibitions include, Locust Projects, Miami, FL; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York.
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Locust Projects
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Miami, FL 33127
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www.locustprojects.org.
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