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[[File:Untitled by Ruth Root, 2005, Honolulu Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Untitled'' by '''Ruth Root''', 2005, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]]]
[[File:Untitled by Ruth Root, 2005, Honolulu Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Untitled'' by '''Ruth Root''', 2005, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]]]


'''Ruth Root''' (born 1967 in [[Chicago]], USA) is an American artist based in New York.
'''Ruth Root''' (born 1967 in [[Chicago]], USA) is an American artist based in New York.


==Education==
==Education==
Root graduated from [[Brown University]], Rhode Island, in 1990, and completed her [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] at [[the Art Institute of Chicago]] in 1993. She attended a residency at the [[Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture]] in 1994.<ref>[http://www.andrewkreps.com/rootBio.html Ruth Root] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604062445/http://www.andrewkreps.com/rootBio.html |date=2007-06-04 }}, biography at Andrew Kreps</ref>
Root graduated from [[Brown University]], [[Rhode Island]], in 1990, and completed her [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] at [[the Art Institute of Chicago]] in 1993. She attended a residency at the [[Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture]] in 1994.<ref>[http://www.andrewkreps.com/rootBio.html Ruth Root] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604062445/http://www.andrewkreps.com/rootBio.html |date=2007-06-04 }}, biography at Andrew Kreps</ref>


==Work==
==Work==
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Root has participated in a number of exhibitions including ''Abstract Redux'' at the [[Danese Gallery]] in New York, ''Kosmobiologie'' at the [[Bellwether Gallery]] in Brooklyn, and ''Son-of-a-Guston'' at [[Clementine Gallery]] in New York. She has exhibited internationally at galleries such as [[Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska]] in Austria, [[Galeria Marta Cervera]] in Spain, [[Seattle Art Museum]], and [[Galleria Franco Noero]], in Torino, Italy.
Root has participated in a number of exhibitions including ''Abstract Redux'' at the [[Danese Gallery]] in New York, ''Kosmobiologie'' at the [[Bellwether Gallery]] in Brooklyn, and ''Son-of-a-Guston'' at [[Clementine Gallery]] in New York. She has exhibited internationally at galleries such as [[Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska]] in Austria, [[Galeria Marta Cervera]] in Spain, [[Seattle Art Museum]], and [[Galleria Franco Noero]], in Torino, Italy.


The artist's paintings are primarily hard-edge abstractions, consisting of rectangles and other simple shapes in a limited brightly colored palate. In paintings from the early 2000s, eyes or a cigarette was added to these otherwise abstract canvases.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/09/arts/art-in-review-ruth-root.html Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: Ruth Root", ''New York Times'', May 9, 2003]</ref><ref>[https://brooklynrail.org/2008/04/artseen/ruth-rootby Griffin, Nora, "Ruth Root", ''The Brooklyn Rail'', April 4, 2008]</ref> ''Untitled'' from 2005, in the collection of the [[Honolulu Museum of Art]], is an example of this phase of Root's oeuvre. A pair of eyes mysteriously peer out from a dark blue expanse.<ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, ''Untitled'' by Ruth Root, 2005, accession TCM.2009.23.160</ref> The [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]]<ref>[http://hirshhorn.si.edu/search.asp?search=ruth+root hirshhorn.si.edu]</ref>, the [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]<ref>''Untitled'', 2005, accession TCM.2009.23.160</ref>, the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]<ref>,[http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=133393;type=101 lacma.org]</ref> the [[Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=25967 | title=Ruth Root}}</ref> the [[Seattle Art Museum]],<ref>[http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/SAMcollection/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=ruth%20root&quicksearch=ruth%20root&newprofile=objects&newvalues=1&newstyle=text seattleartmuseum.org]</ref> and the [[Walker Art Center]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20120708163809/http://collections.walkerart.org/search.html walkerart.org]</ref> are among the public collections holding work by '''Ruth Root'''. She is represented by the [[Andrew Kreps Gallery]] in New York, [[Maureen Paley]] in London and [[Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska]] in Salzburg.
The artist's paintings are primarily hard-edge abstractions, consisting of rectangles and other simple shapes in a limited brightly colored palate. In paintings from the early 2000s, eyes or a cigarette was added to these otherwise abstract canvases.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/09/arts/art-in-review-ruth-root.html Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: Ruth Root", ''New York Times'', May 9, 2003]</ref><ref>[https://brooklynrail.org/2008/04/artseen/ruth-rootby Griffin, Nora, "Ruth Root", ''The Brooklyn Rail'', April 4, 2008]</ref> ''Untitled'' from 2005, in the collection of the [[Honolulu Museum of Art]], is an example of this phase of Root's oeuvre. A pair of eyes mysteriously peer out from a dark blue expanse.<ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, ''Untitled'' by Ruth Root, 2005, accession TCM.2009.23.160</ref> The [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]],<ref>[http://hirshhorn.si.edu/search.asp?search=ruth+root hirshhorn.si.edu]</ref> the [[Honolulu Museum of Art]],<ref>''Untitled'', 2005, accession TCM.2009.23.160</ref> the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]<ref>,[http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=133393;type=101 lacma.org]</ref> the [[Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=25967 | title=Ruth Root}}</ref> the [[Seattle Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/SAMcollection/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=ruth%20root&quicksearch=ruth%20root&newprofile=objects&newvalues=1&newstyle=text |title=seattleartmuseum.org |access-date=2011-05-04 |archive-date=2012-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402220026/http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/SAMcollection/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=ruth%20root&quicksearch=ruth%20root&newprofile=objects&newvalues=1&newstyle=text |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Walker Art Center]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20120708163809/http://collections.walkerart.org/search.html walkerart.org]</ref> are among the public collections holding work by '''Ruth Root'''. She is represented by the [[Andrew Kreps Gallery]] in New York, [[Maureen Paley]] in London and [[Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska]] in Salzburg.


==Awards==
==Awards==
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==External links==
==External links==
*Frances Richard, ''[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_1_42/ai_108691820/ Ruth Root - New York - hard-edge abstraction]'', ''ArtForum'', September 2003.
*Frances Richard, ''[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_1_42/ai_108691820/ Ruth Root - New York - hard-edge abstraction]'', ''ArtForum'', September 2003.
*Mario Naves, ''[http://www.observer.com/node/47553 A Headstrong Loner's Paradox: Transformations Fixed in Time]'', ''The New York Observer'', May 18, 2003.
*Mario Naves, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081007092107/http://www.observer.com/node/47553 A Headstrong Loner's Paradox: Transformations Fixed in Time]'', ''The New York Observer'', May 18, 2003.


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Latest revision as of 09:00, 17 December 2023

Ruth Root
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
Art Institute of Chicago
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Known forPainting
Untitled by Ruth Root, 2005, Honolulu Museum of Art

Ruth Root (born 1967 in Chicago, USA) is an American artist based in New York.

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Root graduated from Brown University, Rhode Island, in 1990, and completed her MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993. She attended a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1994.[1]

Work

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Her work includes paintings on canvas, paintings on thin, irregularly shaped pieces of aluminium[2] and small painted paper pieces.[3]

Root has participated in a number of exhibitions including Abstract Redux at the Danese Gallery in New York, Kosmobiologie at the Bellwether Gallery in Brooklyn, and Son-of-a-Guston at Clementine Gallery in New York. She has exhibited internationally at galleries such as Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska in Austria, Galeria Marta Cervera in Spain, Seattle Art Museum, and Galleria Franco Noero, in Torino, Italy.

The artist's paintings are primarily hard-edge abstractions, consisting of rectangles and other simple shapes in a limited brightly colored palate. In paintings from the early 2000s, eyes or a cigarette was added to these otherwise abstract canvases.[4][5] Untitled from 2005, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is an example of this phase of Root's oeuvre. A pair of eyes mysteriously peer out from a dark blue expanse.[6] The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,[7] the Honolulu Museum of Art,[8] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art[9] the Museum of Modern Art,[10] the Seattle Art Museum,[11] and the Walker Art Center[12] are among the public collections holding work by Ruth Root. She is represented by the Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York, Maureen Paley in London and Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska in Salzburg.

Awards

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  • 1996 National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-Atlantic Grant in Painting
  • 1996 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting

References

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  1. ^ Ruth Root Archived 2007-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, biography at Andrew Kreps
  2. ^ Roberta Smith, Art in Review: Ruth Root, New York Times, May 9, 2003.
  3. ^ Holland Cotter, Art in Review: Ruth Root, New York Times, March 26, 1999.
  4. ^ Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: Ruth Root", New York Times, May 9, 2003
  5. ^ Griffin, Nora, "Ruth Root", The Brooklyn Rail, April 4, 2008
  6. ^ Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Untitled by Ruth Root, 2005, accession TCM.2009.23.160
  7. ^ hirshhorn.si.edu
  8. ^ Untitled, 2005, accession TCM.2009.23.160
  9. ^ ,lacma.org
  10. ^ "Ruth Root".
  11. ^ "seattleartmuseum.org". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  12. ^ walkerart.org
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