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Ruth Root

Forum 81 
Curated by Eric Crosby 
April 19 - August 25, 2019
Pittsburgh, USA  


Installation photo courtesy of the artist, Carnegie Museum of Art



Installation photo courtesy of the artist, Carnegie Museum of Art


Untitled, 2017, Fabric, Plexiglas, enamel paint, and spray paint, 50 1/2 x 75 in (128.3 x 190.5 cm)
Andrew Kreps Gallery NY


Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) debuts a new body of work by American painter Ruth Root (b. Chicago, 1967) in the 81st installment of its Forum series dedicated to contemporary art. With a jolt of pattern and shape, Root’s eccentric paintings dazzle and perplex with their play of geometry, color, and found images. These new works are composed of two parts involving a shaped panel painted with acrylic and spray paint suspended from a flexible sewn form covered with the artist’s own fabric designs. Incorporating found imagery from news media, art history, online search engines, and objects from CMOA’s own collection... ‘ excerpt CMOA website