Kaleidoscope Magazine Kaleidoscope Magazine N.27 Summer 2016

ìThis issue is a key to enter the world of Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby, exclusively playing the double role of subject and guest editor. Conceived as a viral, aggressive takeover of the magazines architecture, content and design, this hyper-vertical survey is the result of an intense dialogue with the artist and his studio, comprised of 160 pages on his exuberant work and vision. Rubys cover portrait is drawn from an extensive series shot by photographerMax Faragoat the artists massive industrial studio space in LA. Inside, theSterling Ruby Takeoverdecodes the artists grammar through an intimate conversation with artistPiero Goliaand newly commissioned writings byAlex Gartenfeld,Donatien Grau,Aram Moshayedi,Ross Simonini,Paul SchimmelandCatherine Taft; while his network of influences is explored through a series of guest features dedicated to his peers, heroes and collaborators, includingHuma Bhabha(by Massimiliano Gioni),Cassils(by Francesca Gavin),Mike Davis(by Sterling Ruby),John Divola(by Alexander Shulan),Cyprien Gaillard(byNatalia Valencia Arango),Ron Nagle(by Sterling Ruby),Nancy Rubins(by Sterling Ruby),Raf Simons(by Alessio Ascari) andMelanie Schiff(by Sarah Workneh). All of this content is punctuated by stunningvisual contributionsespecially created by Ruby for the magazines pages, comprising an unseen presentation of hisWork Wearmodeled by the entire studio team. Born in 1972 on an American air force base in Germany, raised in rural Pennsylvania, trained in Chicago, Ruby moved to LA to finish his education, became Mike Kelleys teaching assistant and quickly one of the citys quintessential artists. Now 44, he runs a megastudio with a staff of over twenty under the big black sun. Complex to label in his unapologetic combination of compulsion and strategy, bigness and poetry, handcraft and seriality, darkness and psychedelia, hard and soft, Ruby is one of the most unique and controversial voices on the art scene, working incessantly across the most diverse media and platforms and stretching the limits of visual language. This hybrid editorial experiment coincides with the artists major show at the Belvedere/Winterpalais in Vienna and participation in the “Made in LA“ biennial at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Running independent from the takeover, the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS and the closing section of REGULARS complete the issue with a rich and varied selection of the best of the summer season and insightful contributions from our columnists and correspondents around the globe. HIGHLIGHTSfeatures profiles onSean Raspet(by Franklin Melendez),Kienholz(by Gianni Jetzer),Marguerite Humeau(by Nadim Samman),Eckhaus Latta(by Chloe Wilcox),Sol Calero(by George Vasey),Renaud Jerez(by Tina Kukielski),Christopher Y. Lew(by Julia Trotta),Yngve Holen(by Cristina Travaglini),Home Economics(by Attilia Fattori Franchini),Valerie Keane(by Allison Bulger),Cao Fei(by Xin Wang) andMegan Rooney(by Harry Burke). In theREGULARSsection, “Producers” features Carson Chan in conversation with New York-based collectiveDIS; in “Futura 89 ,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets (with Katherine Dionysius) interview young Portuguese artistBruno Zhu; Fiona Duncan reflects on the figure of the go-go dancer in contemporary art and culture as part of her “Pro/Creative” column; in “Renaissance Man,” Jeffrey Deitch discusses the collaboration between artistAlex Israeland writerBret Easton Ellis; Maria Linds “Centerstage” presents Danish artistMarie Kölbaek-Iversen; Gean Moreno unveilsCubas new normal for “Panorama”; in “Pioneers,” Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk toHeimo Zobernig; and lastly, as part of the “Whats Next” series, we look forward to the season with collector and curatorTiffany Zabludowicz.