Charles Ray
Second Installation
February 2020—December 2021
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American artist Charles Ray’s (b. 1953) diverse and wide-ranging sculptural practice began in the mid-1970s. While difficult to classify, his work challenges perceptions of familiar materials, scale, and subject matter, at times conflating visual trickery with disquieting distortion. The second in a series of rotating exhibitions chronicling the artist’s career, the works installed in Room 8 were selected and installed in collaboration with the artist. On view together for the first time were Baled truck, 2014; 32 × 33 × 35 = 34 × 33 × 35, 1989; Chicken, 2007; Handheld bird, 2006; and Mime, 2015, from Glenstone’s collection, and Hand holding egg, 2007, on loan from the artist.
Exhibition Preview
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Charles Ray
Mime, 2015
Ray 2015Mime, 2015
cypress wood
22 x 79 x 26 inches (56 x 201 x 66 cm)
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
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Charles Ray
Baled truck, 2014
Ray 2014Baled truck, 2014
solid stainless steel
30 x 118 x 50 inches (76 x 300 x 127 cm)
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
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Charles Ray
Chicken, 2007
Ray 2007Chicken, 2007
painted steel and porcelain
1 ¾ x 2 ⅜ x 1 ¾ inches (4 x 6 x 4 cm)
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
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Charles Ray
Handheld bird, 2006
Ray 2006Handheld bird, 2006
painted steel
2 x 4 x 3 inches (5 x 10 x 7 cm)
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
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Charles Ray
32 x 33 x 35 = 34 x 33 x 35, 1989
Ray 198932 x 33 x 35 = 34 x 33 x 35, 1989
aluminum
32 x 33 x 35 inches (81 x 84 x 89 cm) exterior
34 x 33 x 35 inches (86 x 84 x 89 cm) interior
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
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