Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

American, b. 1972

Sterling Ruby’s work engages with issues related to autobiography, art history, and the violence and pressures within society. Employing diverse aesthetic strategies and mediums—including sculpture, drawing, collage, ceramics, painting, and video—he examines the tensions between fluidity and stasis, Expressionism and Minimalism, the abject and the pristine. Born on Bitburg Air Base, Germany, to an American father and a Dutch mother, Ruby moved at a young age to the United States, where he grew up on a farm in southeastern Pennsylvania. There he encountered Amish quilt-making and Pennsylvania redware pottery, both of which directly inspired his initial forays into garment-making, soft sculpture, and ceramics. Ruby graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, in 1996. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002, followed by an MFA from the ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 2005. Living and working in Los Angeles, Ruby draws endless inspiration from the city’s physical and conceptual landscape. A subseries of the SP paintings (2007–14), the VIVIDS (2014), are electric color fields inspired by the shifting, multihued skies that he encounters on his way to the studio, while the SUBMARINE (2015) and TABLES (2015 –19) series were created from hulking industrial parts sourced nearby. Ruby’s work often deals with the ways in which acts of defacement, like urban demarcation and graffiti, can produce a painterly sublime. Both in his YARD paintings (2015–16) and in his WIDW paintings (2016–), he taps into the speed and motion of collage, incorporating bleached fabric and cardboard scraps and combining abstract color fields with fragments of studio refuse. Continually pushing the boundaries between artistic mediums, Ruby launched a ready-to-wear clothing line in 2019.

Artist: Sterling Ruby

Sterling RubyCarvings 1-5 Chromogenic Print Set, Abstract Style, Framed, 2000-2009, 2006

$22,000

Carvings 1-5 Chromogenic Print Set, Abstract Style, Framed, 2000-2009

By Sterling Ruby

Located in New York, NY

Carvings 1-5 by Sterling Ruby is one work in five parts of images of tree carvings. Sold as a set of five only, each work is 36 x 36 inches framed size, framed by the artist in a deep mahogany finished wood. Paper size is 31.5 x 31.5 inches. Chromogenic print, Edition of 3 Exhibition: Cologne, Galerie Christian Nagel, Sterling Ruby: Supermax 2006, March 4-April 2 Provenance: Artist Hauser...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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C Print

Kind of CyanWater Reflection of Fish Under Water, Pool Monotype Cyanotype in Blue Tones, 2021

$490

H 28 in W 40 in

Water Reflection of Fish Under Water, Pool Monotype Cyanotype in Blue Tones

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...

Candida HoferCandida Höfer, Colored Wood: Signed Photograph, Abstract Photography, 2017

$3,950

H 22.05 in W 22.72 in

Candida Höfer, Colored Wood: Signed Photograph, Abstract Photography

By Candida Hofer

Located in Hamburg, DE

Candida Höfer (German, born 1944) Colored Wood, 2017 Medium: C-Print Dimensions: 56 × 57.7 cm (22 × 22 7/10 in) Edition of 100: Hand-signed and numbered on verso Condtion: Mint

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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C Print

MAE Curates30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - BT 03

$1,650

H 30 in W 30 in

30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - BT 03

By MAE Curates

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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C Print

Paul SnellStrata # 202532 (Abstract Photography), 2025

$2,703

H 19.69 in W 2.96 in D 4.14 in

Strata # 202532 (Abstract Photography)

By Paul Snell

Located in London, GB

Unique. Paul Snell is an Australian artist who blurs the boundaries between photography and painting, creating contemplative works that replace constant image saturation with moment...

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2010s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Concrete

Paul SnellBreathe # 202206 (Abstract Photography), 2022

$7,434

H 59.06 in W 47.25 in

Breathe # 202206 (Abstract Photography)

By Paul Snell

Located in London, GB

Breathe # 202206 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available...

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2010s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Paul SnellOrb # 201906 (Abstract Photography), 2019

$4,731

H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.97 in

Orb # 201906 (Abstract Photography)

By Paul Snell

Located in London, GB

Orb # 201906 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request - 4 week turnaround. Backed with extruded polystyrene, conc...

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2010s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Andrew GeorgeTurkish House, 2003

$750

H 11.5 in W 12 in

Turkish House

By Andrew George

Located in New York, NY

Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Semimatte, 2003. Signed, dated, and numbered 1/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens towards chance coll...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Andrew GeorgeNortheaster 2, 2003

$850

H 14 in W 11 in

Northeaster 2

By Andrew George

Located in New York, NY

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Andrew GeorgeSpanish, 2003

$850

H 14 in W 11 in

Spanish

By Andrew George

Located in New York, NY

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Andrew GeorgePiet 1, 2003

$850

H 14 in W 11 in

Piet 1

By Andrew George

Located in New York, NY

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Andrew GeorgeBarnett (green), 2003

$850

H 14 in W 11 in

Barnett (green)

By Andrew George

Located in New York, NY

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Paul SnellHover # 201914, 2019

$4,460

H 31.5 in W 31.5 in

Hover # 201914

By Paul Snell

Located in London, GB

Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Available on request - 4 week turnaround Edition o...

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2010s Abstract Sterling Ruby Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

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