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Artist/Maker
Casey Ruble
(American, born 1973)
Date2012
MediumPaper collage
DimensionsSheet: 6 × 8 1/2 in. (15.2 × 21.6 cm)
Frame: 10 1/2 × 12 7/8 × 3/4 in. (26.7 × 32.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by David Nathans '72 and Michael Shapiro '71 in honor of Lettie Tourville
Object number2013.4.2
Not on view
DescriptionFrom the series "The Offing". Based in New Orleans, where the artist once lived, depicts disinterred or built-over cemeteries, murder-victim body-drop sites, and former orphanages. The works investigate the displacement of bodies at the beginning of life and after death. Many of theses places show no sign of their complicated past, bringing to light the essentially transient nature of most spaces. The artist employs a labor-intensive process in which every element - no matter how small - is made from cut paper. "By depicting seemingly innocuous locations with a heightened degree of specificity," Ruble says, "I allude to deeper, disquieting narratives." Each intimate collage has a specific palette inspired by the feeling of the place, and the often-discordant colors act to acentuate a sense of tension in the works.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2013
Clinton NY, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, "A Sense of Place", September 28 - December 22, 2013. (unnumbered cat., illus., 94-95).
New Orleans, LA, The Fine Arts Foundation Gallery, "Casey Ruble: The Offing," Febuary 23- April 10, 2013 (unpaginated cat., illus., cover, interior).
Clinton NY, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, "A Sense of Place", September 28 - December 22, 2013. (unnumbered cat., illus., 94-95).
New Orleans, LA, The Fine Arts Foundation Gallery, "Casey Ruble: The Offing," Febuary 23- April 10, 2013 (unpaginated cat., illus., cover, interior).
Provenance
2013: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from The Foundation Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
Published References
Tracy Adler, ed., A SENSE OF PLACE (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, 2013), 92, illus., 94-95.
CASEY RUBLE: THE OFFING (exh. cat. New Orleans, LA, The Fine Arts Foundation Gallery, 2013), illus..
CASEY RUBLE: THE OFFING (exh. cat. New Orleans, LA, The Fine Arts Foundation Gallery, 2013), illus..
Signature
Signed "Casey Ruble" on frame verso at upper left in black pen.
Inscribed
"Michoud Boulevard (2012)" on frame verso at upper left in black pen.
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