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Ruby Neri — 4 Women
Ruby Neri — 4 Women
Ruby Neri — 4 Women
Ruby Neri — 4 Women
Ruby Neri

4 Women

2020

Four ceramic figures cluster together in Ruby Neri's 2020 work "4 Women," their glazed surfaces animated by the artist's signature vocabulary of expressive line, bold color, and an irreverent physicality that commands attention at human scale. Neri builds her figures by hand, and the evidence of that process remains visible throughout, lending each form an immediate, almost confessional presence. The women lean, touch, and occupy space with an unapologetic weight that resists idealization, drawing instead from a lineage that includes pre-Columbian vessel traditions, Bay Area funk ceramics, and the raw graphic energy of underground comics and street art. Measuring 44.5 by 53.3 by 53.3 centimeters, the work operates as a fully dimensional composition rather than a simple figural group, inviting the viewer to move around it and encounter shifting relationships between the figures. Neri's glaze work is integral to this reading, with color used not to describe naturalistic skin or clothing but to define mood, boundary, and psychological charge. The result is an object that sits at the productive intersection of sculpture, vessel, and painting, satisfying on each register simultaneously. Neri has developed one of the most distinctive and critically discussed practices in contemporary ceramics, with her work held in significant private and institutional collections. "4 Women" is currently available through Nina Johnson and represents a compelling opportunity to acquire a work of genuine formal ambition and cultural resonance from a pivotal moment in the artist's ongoing investigation of the female figure.

Medium
Ceramic with glaze
Overall
Location
Nina Johnson, Miami, FL

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Ruby Neri, 4 Women, 2020

Four ceramic figures cluster together in Ruby Neri's 2020 work "4 Women," their glazed surfaces animated by the artist's signature vocabulary of expressive line, bold color, and an irreverent physicality that commands attention at human scale. Neri builds her figures by hand, and the evidence of that process remains visible throughout, lending each form an immediate, almost confessional presence. The women lean, touch, and occupy space with an unapologetic weight that resists idealization, drawing instead from a lineage that includes pre-Columbian vessel traditions, Bay Area funk ceramics, and the raw graphic energy of underground comics and street art. Measuring 44.5 by 53.3 by 53.3 centimeters, the work operates as a fully dimensional composition rather than a simple figural group, inviting the viewer to move around it and encounter shifting relationships between the figures. Neri's glaze work is integral to this reading, with color used not to describe naturalistic skin or clothing but to define mood, boundary, and psychological charge. The result is an object that sits at the productive intersection of sculpture, vessel, and painting, satisfying on each register simultaneously. Neri has developed one of the most distinctive and critically discussed practices in contemporary ceramics, with her work held in significant private and institutional collections. "4 Women" is currently available through Nina Johnson and represents a compelling opportunity to acquire a work of genuine formal ambition and cultural resonance from a pivotal moment in the artist's ongoing investigation of the female figure.

Medium
Ceramic with glaze
Dimensions
overall: 44.5 x 53.3 x 53.3 cm
Year
2020
Seen at
Nina Johnson, Miami, FL

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