Charles Ray
Second Installation

February 2020—December 2021

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 are Baled truck, 2014; 32 x 33 x 35 = 34 x 33 x 35, 1989; Chicken, 2007; Handheld bird, 2006; and Mime, 2009, from Glenstone’s collection, and Hand holding egg, 2007, on loan from the artist.

Exhibition Preview

    • Mime
      Charles Ray
      Mime, 2015
      Ray 2015
    • Baled Truck
      Charles Ray
      Baled Truck, 2014
      Ray 2014
    • Hand Holding Egg
      Charles Ray
      Hand Holding Egg, 2007
      Ray 2007
    • Chicken
      Charles Ray
      Chicken, 2007
      Ray 2007
    • Handheld Bird
      Charles Ray
      Handheld Bird, 2006
      Ray 2006
    • 32 x 33 x 35 = 34 x 33 x 35
      Charles Ray
      32 x 33 x 35 = 34 x 33 x 35, 1989
      Ray 1989