March 25 - May 2, 2023

Reception:  Thursday, March 26, 5:30-7:30pm

Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to present “The Big Feel” an exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by Los Angeles based artist, Ruby Neri.

This exhibition, Neri’s first with Gallery Paule Anglim, features the figure in 3 large paintings on canvas, several small works on paper and sculpture. Neri’s ceramic and plaster sculptures have surfaces covered at times with colorful paint and glaze, while, other times left raw and uncovered,  revealing the visceral materiality of her chosen medium. Both in their subject matter and formal qualities Ruby Neri’s works celebrate West Coast figurative movements and her upbringing in the Bay Area.  Neri’s primal shapes, as vessels and human forms, are accessible to the viewer, that is to say,  her easy, intuitive handling of materials equates to the universality of her humanistic themes.

Central to the presentation is a large tableau, a nine-foot-long platform positioning large forms—one a female figure. This signature presentation uses both abstract and figurative language, suggesting an archetypal narrative.

Ruby Neri received her MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998 and a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1994. Born in San Francisco, Neri is one of the original members of the “Mission School”. Her work was recently included in Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California, in collaboration with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA. She was also included in the Hammer Museum exhibition Made in L.A. 2012, organized by the Hammer Museum and LAXART, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

For further information about the exhibition and the artist, please telephone 415.433.2710