Kathy Ruttenberg
Kathy Ruttenberg is a multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, painting, and animation. Emerging from New York's early 1980s East Village art scene, her allegorical paintings contributed to the vitality of the new figurative expressionism of the era. Over the last four decades her work has gradually shifted from painting towards an emphasis on sculpture. Oscillating between the intimate to the monumental, she uses ceramic, bronze, and light to explore themes of ecofeminism, animal liberation, and sexuality. Kathy Ruttenberg (b. 1957, Chicago, IL) lives and works in Upstate New York.
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Kathy Ruttenberg
It's a Dog's Life, 1998
Clay, oil paint, found wooden frame
10 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 3 inches, 26.7 x 24.1 x 7.6 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg
Double "D", 2004
Ceramic, oil paint, found cigar box
12 x 8 1/2 x 4 inches, 30.5 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg
The Encounter, 1992
Clay, acrylic and oil paint, armature wire, found wooden drawer
18 x 18 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 45.7 x 46.4 x 13.3 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg
Little Star, 1992
Clay, oil paint, wire, found wooden drawer
20 1/2 x 13 x 4 inches, 52.1 x 33 x 10.2 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg and Stephanie Temma Hier, Between the Lines, Installation view at Lyles & King, New York, 2024
Kathy Ruttenberg
Birthday Cake, 1997
Clay, acrylic and oil paint, wire, found wooden drawer
42 x 14 3/4 x 8 inches, 106.7 x 37.5 x 20.3 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg
The Gods Must Be Crazy, 1985
Mixed media
56 x 35 inches, 142.2 x 88.9 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg
No Shade, 1991
Clay, acrylic and oil paint, armature wire, wooden dowel, found wooden drawer
15 x 29 x 11 inches, 38.1 x 73.7 x 27.9 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg
Shades of Grey, 1997
Oil on canvas, acrylic painted paper mache birds
80 x 48 inches, 203.2 x 121.9 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg and Stephanie Temma Hier, Between the Lines, Installation view at Lyles & King, New York, 2024
Kathy Ruttenberg, Installation view at Battery Park, New York, NY
Kathy Ruttenberg, Sunshine at Midnight, Installation View at Lyles & King, March 19 - April 30, 2022
Kathy Ruttenberg, Sunshine at Midnight, Installation view at Lyles & King, New York, NY, March 19 - April 30, 2022
Kathy Ruttenberg, A Little Birdie Told Me, 2014, Stoneware, 72 x 46 x 49 inches, 182.9 x 116.8 x 124.5 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg, Sunshine at Midnight, Installation view at Lyles & King, New York, NY, March 19 - April 30, 2022
Kathy Ruttenberg, As the World Turns, Stoneware, DC motor, copper and led, lighting, 102 x 68 x 64 inches, 259.1 x 172.7 x 162.6 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg, Sunshine at Midnight, Installation view at Lyles & King, New York, NY, March 19 - April 30, 2022
Kathy Ruttenberg, Fatal Attraction, 2006, Stoneware, 62 x 25 x 21 inches, 157.5 x 63.5 x 53.3 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg, The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree, 2022, Waterjet cut, hot dipped, galvanized steel, 140 x 138 1/2 inches, 355.6 x 351.8 cm, Edition of 2 plus 1 AP
Kathy Ruttenberg, WET, 2018, Ceramic, pond pump, bronze leaves, copper petals, 82 x 58 x 38 inches, 208.3 x 147.3 x 96.5 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg, WET, 2018 (detail)
Kathy Ruttenberg, Migration, 2022, Stoneware, 25 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 5 inches, 64.8 x 39.4 x 12.7 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg, The Moment After, 2008, ceramic, bronze, 110 x 90 x 49 inches, 279 x 229 x 125 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg, The Moment After, 2008 (detail)
Kathy Ruttenberg, The Moment After, 2008 (detail)
Kathy Ruttenberg, The Moment After, 2008 (detail)
Kathy Ruttenberg, The Awakening, 2022, Stoneware, 45 x 32 x 30 1/2 inches, 114.3 x 81.3 x 77.5 cm
Kathy Ruttenberg, Amphitrite, (Botanica Ceramica), 2015, Stoneware, metal, wood, Dimensions variable
Kathy Ruttenberg, Primal, 2007, 39 x 31 x 30 inches, Stoneware
Kathy Ruttenberg, Primal, 2007 (alternate view)
Kathy Ruttenberg, Fish Bowl, cast silicon bronze, polychrome patina, ceramic, acrylic, cast polyurethane resin, cast concrete, LED lighting, 101 x 110 x 96 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, In Sync, 2018, cast silicon bronze, polychrome patina, cast concrete, 95 x 52 x 52 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Snail's Pace, 2018, cast silicon bronze, polychrome patina, cast acrylic, cast polyurethane resin, LED lighting, 74 x 114 x 48 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, In the Box and Out , 1989, papier-mâché, wood panels, oils, dimensions variable
Kathy Ruttenberg, Head First, 2005, stoneware, 28 x 35 x 35 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Confessions Of A Tree, 2009, stoneware, 33.5 x 17.5 x 15.5 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Confessions Of A Tree, 2009 (detail)
Kathy Ruttenberg, Careful What You Wish For, 2013, stoneware, 58.5 x 39 x 12 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, In the Box and Out, 1989, papier-mâché, wood panels, oils, dimensions variable
Kathy Ruttenberg, Nature Of The Beast, 2014, stoneware, 108 x 72 x 66 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Negative-Positive, 1987, Mixed oil, clay, wood frames, 2 panels, Left: 17 x24 inches, Right: 13 x19 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Lilly Of The Valley, 2010, stoneware, 25 x 25.5 x 6.5 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Pitcher Perfect, 2020, ceramic, 11 x 12 x 7.25 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, It All Flew Over My Head, 2014, stoneware, 82 x 35 x 35 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Until 21 She Never...21, 1996, Oil on 3 canvases, 84 x 72 inches total
Kathy Ruttenberg, No Feet, 1988, Oil on canvas, 80 x 84 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Vagina, 2010, Mixed Media, 19 x 5 x 12 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Working Woman, 1994, Oil on canvas, 80 x 48 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, A Question of Just Once, 1991, Oil on linen, 48 x 80 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, No Strings Attached, 2014, stoneware, 66 x 39 x 23 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Holding It Together, 2012, stoneware, 3.5 x 16 x 10
Kathy Ruttenberg, Optimistic, 2020, LED lamp, stoneware, 9 x 8 x 8 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, Beast of Burden, 2005, Ceramic, 48 x 40 x 18 inches
Kathy Ruttenberg, No Stone Unturned, 2011, stoneware, 22 x 13.5 x 5 inches,