Happy Halloween! One of my favorite genre’s is the collector and their house as art. In this work I wanted to celebrate visual artists who created something associated with my FAVORITE holiday!
Each panel is 9 by 12 inches. Medium is paper collage.
This is a diptych, a two panel work. As a child I loved to watch the Addams Family so I thought what other art pieces might exist in the house besides the fish with the human leg sticking out.
All artists have been written about on my website!
Pumpkin- Japanese master Yayoi Kusama.
Frakenstein- Vik Muniz, Frankenstein, caviar monster series. The artist recreated monsters using beluga caviar.
Vampire Mouth- Ruby Sterling
Pumpkin Head Man- Jamie Wyeth
Platinum skull- Damien Hirst
Witches Hat- Robert Therrien
Happy Halloween everyone and try to make some artwork to celebrate the holiday!
Ruby Sterling is a young contemporary artist born on a U.S. military base in Germany in the year 1972. His mother was Dutch and his father was from the U.S.
The family moved back to the United States shortly after his birth.
For his collegiate studies attended the Pennsylvania Academy for Arts and Design. Sterling would go on to earn a bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
Attended the Art College of Design located in Pasadena, California for his postgraduate studies.
Sterling is known for his variety of media from collages, to installations to paintings, and ceramic works Sterling it seems is always busy creating something for the viewer to enjoy.
Some unique series done by Sterling include a “vampire series” that includes many different mouths and fangs dripping with color and blood. You may see some examples of this series in the gallery. Here we see my favorite series by Sterling, the vampires. Soft sculpture at its best!
For his paintings he works in a very abstract style. In this clip we visit Ruby Sterling’s first show featuring only paintings and catch up with the artist in a brief interview.
For the collages made by Sterling he sometimes uses bleached denim and canvas.
Ruby Sterling is a very well respected artist that is in many prominent collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, California, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
price range information: Paintings can range from $10,000 to $600,000. Collages range $6,000 to $160,000. Works in wood range $80,000 to $200,000.
A link for what is for sure one of the best artist’s websites in existence, be sure and visit at least once!
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