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Evolving from his previous project, ASHTRAY, Ruby’s new exhibition HEARTS + CLUBS is the outcome of plastic transformations; clay forms morphing from vessels to figurative and totemic objects.
Rough, uneven, and irregular, Ruby’s objects reveal an urgency in their making. They embed the traces and the energy of hands and fingers that knead and give shape.With the application of shiny enamels, however, these gestures become fixed; their metallic lusters cover and combine with the raw textures of dirt and gravels.
HEARTS + CLUBS is like a dissected clay body; organs and bones taken apart. A …