Holding a Good Corner

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Ruais works with clay, kneading, pushing, kicking, tearing and squeezing it. The resulting forms are abstract and intimately tied to physical action. Double Fold and Unfold, 130lbs is partly titled after her body weight, while Holding a Good Corner, 266lbs (2014) shows the trace of repetitive gestures made by Ruais and her boyfriend. Her work suggests a battle between persistence and gravity, human determination and the power of materials.
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source: halseymckay

Brie Ruais was born in 1982, in Southern California. She received her BA from NYU in 2004 followed by an MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts in 2011. She now lives and works in New York City. Recent exhibitions have been with Nicole Klagsbrun, The Horticultural Society of New York, Salon 94, Abrons Art Center and Eli Ping in New York as well as at Xavier Hufkens in Brussels.