Ruby King

Airborne transmission occurs when infectious agents are carried by dust suspended in the air. Ruby’s work echoes this process. Particles attached to lengths of material suspended in air create a sense of foreboding and infection. A sense of foreboding is expressed by the sheer scale of the piece. As we look upwards we are made to feel inferior and appreciate the scale of the work in front of us. We notice the importance of the imperfections upon the surface and the way the ends of the sculpture drag and cluster together onto the floor, sprawling in different directions. It is these imperfections that fascinate Ruby. These blemishes consume the surface as would a disease. Perhaps we can also consider the fact that direct contact of the individual hanging pieces are not required to make the work a whole. The individual parts ‘spread disease’ just as they would in airborne transmission. Ruby has recently completed Foundation Art and Design at UAL Camberwell College of Arts and is going on to study BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths University.