Ruby Rumie

ANA AMERICA

2016

photograph from exhibition "Weaving Streets". Edition of 8. framed in minimal black metal frame. Printed to order.

inkjet print on satin paper, laminted in luster matte. Edition of 5 This body of work was born from a chance encounter between the artist, Ruby Rumié, and Dominga Torres Tehran, a woman who for more than 45 years has walked the city streets selling fish. Dominga caught the attention of the artist for her unique and natural beauty. For nearly half a century this woman worked unnoticed, but at that moment, she completely captivated Rumié. Weaving Streets is an attempt to rescue women like Dominga from oblivion and invisibility - women who have spent valuable years of their lives as ambulant street vendors, permanently wandering the neighborhoods of the city. Aptly named, “Weaving Streets” references the phrase used by grandmothers to describe those who walked the city streets often. Rumié’s goal is to present new views on the vendors and their environment. The viewer’s encounter with these women will be different for the exhibition – it will be special. Viewers will see for the first time what has always been there, like running a thin veil between the visible and the invisible, a veil of old and constant stereotypes that keep us numb, or blind, so we ignore the marvelous and different realities. “Problems such as gender violence, gentrification, social barriers and discrimination constitute a constant concern which I attempt to uncover through my work, by means of large installations where I use repetition as a platform for protest; bodies as objects of mass consumption that reveal the disappearance of our intangible heritage, and photographs to suggest the enigma of social stratification, all of these intend to stimulate reflection, playfulness, visual pleasure, emotion and inquiry” explains Rumié. Rumié condenses the collected material into a Corpus, a historical archival manner, comprised of five volumes that unfold spatially in the gallery. Photo albums picturing each participant, stamp albums...

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C-print on Fujiflex paper. Edition of 6 Tillman’s portrayals of China’s leading contemporary artists examine a unique psychological landscape of the present-day Chinese art world. T...

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Copts 01 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2012 - Edition of 10 Bicycle shop in the Coptic Cairo, Egypt, which is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylo...

Copts 05- Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2012 - Edition of 5 Man on a donkey, around Cairo, Egypt. In assignment for ARTE & LE LOUVRE 2012 Exhibition in Le Louvr...

An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Emily ‘ who was captured on film in 19...

Copts 03 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2012 - Edition of 5 Young girl walking on the road, around Cairo, Egypt. In assignment for ARTE & LE LOUVRE 2012 Exhibi...

China girl - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 8 This image was captured on film in 1999. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...

Tiger Sharks into the blue - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Bahamas, 2016 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper). The inks used are also known for their longevity. Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity. Archival pigment print available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted) : 46 x 100 cm / 18,11 x 39,37 in. - Edition of 5 69.5 x 150 cm / 27,16 x 59.05 in - Edition of 5 Olivier Borde...