American artist Sterling Ruby's exhibition features his sculpture DOUBLE CANDLE and spray painting WALL on the rooftop of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille. Running until September 28th, 2025, the exhibition establishes a dialogue between Ruby's monumental art and the iconic modernist architecture. DOUBLE CANDLE, cast in bronze, stands seven meters tall, symbolizing both softness and gravity. WALL complements it with vibrant layers of color, echoing modern anxieties and historic beauty, all while interacting with natural light, reminiscent of past artists' work in the Mediterranean.
DOUBLE CANDLE, a pair of seven-meter-tall bronze forms cast from soft Polyfleece, stands like sentinels above the city. The sculpture's patinated surface and retained fabric folds evoke both domestic softness and monumental gravity - drawing parallels to historical statuary, the Twin Towers, and the rooftop chimneys of the Cité itself.
WALL, the largest work in the Los Angeles-based artist's SP (Spray Painting) series. Spanning the rooftop wall, its diffused layers of color and recurring horizon lines conjure smoggy vistas, industrial landscapes, and atmospheric tension. In this setting, the painting's hazy geometry reflects the unique Mediterranean light that once drew Cézanne and Van Gogh, while its mood of fragmentation resonates with twenty-first-century anxieties.
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