Brie Ruais Ceramics

108 x 89 x 4 1 2 inches 274 5 x 226 x 11 5 cm.

Brie ruais ceramics.

Contemporary american ceramics kathy butterly kahlil robert irving simone leigh and brie ruais the anderson collection stanford university palo alto ca the body the object the other craft contemporary los angeles ca afterimages. Saved by elizabeth shriver. Working primarily with clay ruais makes large scale tiled floor and wall pieces that slowly reveal their process to the viewer. Brie ruais red pushes 1 2 and 3 130lbs each 20170 glazed ceramic and unfired clay 3 parts each 76 x 20 x 15 inches.

The titles of her works like push up 132 lbs stationary forward spread salmon 132 lbs spreading out from center 132 lbs often function as descriptions of the works themselves. Operating at the nexus where ceramics and conceptual art meet brie ruais makes performative physically taxing sculptures that arise as much from language as they do from clay. Sculpture in three parts. The things we build the things we let fall apart the things we destroy 2020 unfired stoneware rocks dimensions variable.

Maude bernier chabot brie ruais elizabeth zvonar curated by anne marie st jean aubre musée d art de joliette joliette quebec. 1982 southern california california usa makes sculptural works that contemplate the relationship between body and labour. Pigmented and glazed ceramic hardware. 1982 double unzipped 450 lbs 2015.

The weight of the sculptures. Glazed ceramic wood hardware red pushes 1 2 and 3 130lbs each 2017 each measures approximately 72 x 23 x 14 inches glazed ceramic.