Athi Patra Ruga
...elipsis in three parts
Body paint on Rives cotton paper
505 x 665
Edition of 60.
Price: 3,000.00
Athi-Patra Ruga has chosen to insert his body directly into the print-making process in this new limited edition print of 25 made exclusively for Editions for ArtThrob. Tackling the print convention that is charaterised by a matrix and a press, Athi-Patra Ruga activated his own body as both image matrix and printing press in a three-part performance that saw the live creation of the print within a gallery context.
…ellipsis in three parts is a three part performance that took place in the Michaelis Galleries on UCT’s Hiddingh campus with three female performers on three separate days. Both the artist and the performers were covered in body paint and engaged in a violent wrestle during which their bodies marked the paper attached to the gallery walls. The print edition is thus the trace of this live performance.
Athi-Patra Ruga’s art production is invested with an interest in 'subverting and exposing the body in relation to structures, ideologies and politics.' He was recently included in the Phaidon book ‘Younger Than Jesus,’ a directory of over 500 of the world’s best artists under the age of 33. His works form part of private public and museum collections here and abroad, namely: Museion - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , Bolzano Italy; CAAC - Pigozzi Collection; The Wedge Collection, Iziko South African National Gallery.
