At the heart of Kris Ruhs’ work, there is an absolute necessity that we be engaged in his process. As Ruhs himself has observed, “I work from my work”. And here, in his latest personal exploration, Creation Language, the three-dimensional pieces are themselves a presence, an essence, the physical residue of a past into which we must enter if we are to fully experience it.
By first passing through a 9 ft entrance into a space 15×30 ft wide and 9ft high. With oil painted paper and metal “canvases” hung on all the surrounding walls, the impact of the images create a visual cacophony. Once inside we enter through another canvas 9x 9ft. And then into a 30×15 ft elliptical light wall composed of a multitude of seemingly transparent three-dimensional elements in oil painted paper.
At the heart of Kris Ruhs’ work, there is an absolute necessity that we be engaged in his process. As Ruhs himself has observed, “I work from my work”. And here, in his latest personal exploration, Creation Language, the three-dimensional pieces are themselves a presence, an essence, the physical residue of a past into which we must enter if we are to fully experience it.
By first passing through a 9 ft entrance into a space 15×30 ft wide and 9ft high. With oil painted paper and metal “canvases” hung on all the surrounding walls, the impact of the images create a visual cacophony. Once inside we enter through another canvas 9x 9ft. And then into a 30×15 ft elliptical light wall composed of a multitude of seemingly transparent three-dimensional elements in oil painted paper.