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Nancy Rubins, Work / Volume 3 / Self-Portraits
Nancy Rubins
Work
This three-volume publication is a visual journey through forty years of Nancy Rubins’ sculptures and drawings. The
first two volumes begin with Rubins’ student work, where her themes, methods and ambitions emerge. The first volume
moves through numerous large-scale sculptures incorporating massive quantities of used electric appliances with
concrete and rebar, then on to trailers, hot water heaters, mattresses, airplane parts, and small boats held in suspended
tension by webs of cables. The second volume explores Rubins’ often gigantic and sculptural drawings, densely covered
with graphite pencil marks that embody the intense and abundant energy of their making. A final booklet with a series
of playful and candid self-portrait photographs taken at the Baltimore train station photo booth in 1972–4 completes
Work.
Nancy Rubins was born in 1952 in Naples, Texas, and today lives and works in Topanga, California near Los Angeles.
Rubins has installed monumental sculptures across the United States and Europe, and significant public and private
collections hold her work. She has exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum
of Contemporary Art in San Diego, and the Venice Biennale.
Volume 1 Volume 2
Volume 3 Slipcase
NANCY
RUBINS
WORK
Steidl
Nancy Rubins
Work
Essays by Céline Flécheux and Dave Hickey
Book design by Nancy Rubins and Gerhard Steidl
Vol. 1: 176 pages / Vol. 2: 304 pages /
Vol. 3: 48 pages
9.5 x 12.6 in. / 24 x 32 cm
414 photographs and drawings
Four colour process
Two clothbound hardcovers and a softcover
in a slipcase
€ 125.00 / £ 100.00 / US$ 175.00
ISBN 978-3-86930-493-9
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