Sterling Ruby: PARIS Richard Prince Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

The volume includes a text by Ruth Fine that discusses the exhibited works

Essays by art historians Richard Calvocoressi and Mark Stevens mine the artist’s rich work and uncover a trove of associations within a broad art historical context

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Sterling Ruby: PARIS Richard Prince Henri MatisseThis poster featuring DEEP FLAG (5533) (2015) was produced in 2015, in conjunction with Sterling Ruby: PARIS at Gagosian, Paris and Le Bourget. DEEP FLAGS are vast synthetic black fleeces stained with bleach; a rectangular fragment of the same material is attached to the upper left corner of each work, echoing the stars of the American flag. The speckled panels also evoke the fathomless depth of outer space, a sensation that ends abruptly at their