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Museums page for Nancy Rubins ((Born 1952)), known for Mangled airplane parts and other industrial material sculpture. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
Nancy Rubins MUSEUMS
Born 1952 Naples, Texas. Known for: Mangled airplane parts and other industrial material sculpture.
Nancy Rubins transforms industrial, manufactured objects—such as mattresses, appliances, boats—into the building blocks of her physically commanding monumental sculptures. Acting as an intermediary... Read full biography
Nancy Rubins transforms industrial, manufactured objects—such as mattresses, appliances, boats—into the building blocks of her physically commanding monumental sculptures. Acting as an intermediary between the past and future states of her chosen materials, Rubins hones the formal, rather than the... Read full biography
Nancy Rubins transforms industrial, manufactured objects—such as mattresses, appliances, boats—into the building blocks of her physically commanding monumental sculptures. Acting as an intermediary between the past and future states of her chosen materials, Rubins hones the formal, rather than the functional qualities of the discrete components that make up a single, cohesive sculpture. The recent Monochrome series, for example, features numerous and varied canoes and rowboats, arranged around... Read full biography
Nancy Rubins transforms industrial, manufactured objects—such as mattresses, appliances, boats—into the building blocks of her physically commanding monumental sculptures. Acting as an intermediary between the past and future states of her chosen materials, Rubins hones the formal, rather than the functional qualities of the discrete components that make up a single, cohesive sculpture. The recent Monochrome series, for example, features numerous and varied canoes and rowboats, arranged around a large steal armature, like so many leaves on the limb of a tree. Brimming with the entropic energies of a force of nature, her arrangements evoke a precarious equilibrium of objects in space, citing both the traditions of modernist American... Read full biography
Nancy Rubins transforms industrial, manufactured objects—such as mattresses, appliances, boats—into the building blocks of her physically commanding monumental sculptures. Acting as an intermediary between the past and future states of her chosen materials, Rubins hones the formal, rather than the functional qualities of the discrete components that make up a single, cohesive sculpture. The recent Monochrome series, for example, features numerous and varied canoes and rowboats, arranged around a large steal armature, like so many leaves on the limb of a tree. Brimming with the entropic energies of a force of nature, her arrangements evoke a precarious equilibrium of objects in space, citing both the traditions of modernist American monumental sculpture as well as bricolage, which emphasize the aesthetic possibilities of quotidian objects. Nancy Rubins was born in Naples, T... Read full biography
Nancy Rubins - Artist Info
About Nancy Rubins: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego, MCASD
700 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037-4291Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014