Sterling Ruby

Miami, FL – March 19, 2015 – The Miami Design District, in collaboration with the de La Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, hosted the second edition of the Miami Design District and de La Cruz Collection Lecture Series, an evening lecture with artist Sterling Ruby. Sterling Ruby works in a large variety of media including ceramics, painting, collage and video. His profile as an artist on the global stage has continued to rise in the years since art critic Roberta Smith of The New York Times in 2008 called him “one of the most interesting artists to emerge in the twentieth century.” The artist has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies (particularly schizophrenia and paranoia), urban gangs and graffiti, hip-hop culture, craft, punk, masculinity, violence, public art, prisons, globalization, American domination and decline, waste and consumption. His voracious cycling through materials and subject matter has given rise to recurring series and extended bodies of work.

Tiffany Chestler, Melony Schiff, Sterling Ruby, & Ibett Yanez

Carlos de la Cruz, Melony Schiff, Sterling Ruby, & Isabel de la Cruz Ernst

Sterling Ruby

Craig Robins & Karen Starosta Gilinski

Zoe Lukov, Michael Jon Radziewicz, & Sonia Dumas

Laila Dhimane, Caroline Castro, Edwin Beauchamp, & Liz Shannon

Jessie Laino, Emit Moore, Carol Adriana Ferdinand, & Typoe

Edwin Beauchamp, Caroline Castro, & Liz Shannon

Isabel de la Cruz Ernst, Javier Mora, & Rita Cabases

Steve Lanster, Jacqueline Falcone, & Kenton Parker

Rob Goyanes

Sterling Ruby

Isabel de la Cruz Ernst

Veronica Scharf

Sterling Ruby

Veronica Scharf & Sterling Ruby

Javier Mora, Rita Cabases, & Sterling Ruby

John & Mera Rubell, Isabel de la Cruz Ernst, Jason & Michelle Rubell

John Rubell, Sterling Ruby, & Melony Schiff

Michael Kahn & Luis Garcia

Carlos de la Cruz & Mera Rubell

Fred & Carole Guest

Isabel de la Cruz Ernst & Sterling Ruby

Jason & Michelle Rubell

Kelsey Garcia & Rob Goyanes