Collector’s Circle and above are invited to join Windgate Research and Collections Curator Elissa Auther as we explore the work of Ruth Root. New York based artist Ruth Root's works are two-fold, encompassing both a designed and digitally printed fabric and a painted, shaped Plexiglas element. Root distills abstraction to the components of color, shape, mark, and material, treating each work as its own site of investigation. In some works, the painted elements mirror Root's fabrics. However, these fabrics maintain their own distinct logic, allowing for a contrast between digital repetition and the handmade repetition of paint, whether it is spray, airbrush, or enamel. Utilizing the conventional materials of painting, soft fabric, hard supports, screws, and brushstrokes, Root interchanges their understood functions, creating new forms. Her works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Space is limited, and open to two individuals per invitation. To RSVP, email Lucig.Kebranian@madmuseum.org by Monday, December 2.
Please review our health and safety protocols before you arrive. MAD strongly recommends all visitors six months and older are vaccinated against Covid-19 and visitors ages two and up wear face coverings, even if vaccinated. Thank you for your cooperation.
