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 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

Charles Ray
Mime, 2015
Ray 2015

Mime, 2015
cypress wood
22 x 79 x 26 inches (56 x 201 x 66 cm)
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz

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Charles Ray
Baled truck, 2014
Ray 2014

Baled 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
Ron Amstutz

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Charles Ray
Chicken, 2007
Ray 2007

Chicken, 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
Ron Amstutz

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Charles Ray
Handheld bird, 2006
Ray 2006

Handheld 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
Ron Amstutz

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Charles Ray
32 x 33 x 35 = 34 x 33 x 35, 1989
Ray 1989

32 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
Ron Amstutz

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Publications

Charles Ray: Volume II (2021)

Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Essays by Charles Ray and Russell Ferguson.

American artist Charles Ray’s diverse and wide-ranging sculptural practice has long focused on challenging perceptions of scale, material, and subject matter. Charles Ray: Volume II is part of an ongoing series of publications commemorating rotating exhibitions of the artist’s work at Glenstone Museum, the second of which opened in Spring 2020. The catalogue includes an original essay by the artist, a contribution from art historian Russell Ferguson, and an introduction by Emily Wei Rales, co-founder and director of Glenstone Museum.

Publisher: Glenstone Museum
ISBN: 9780999802939
Publication date: 2021
Page count: 56