Ruth Beraha
2022: Spring
Painting, Drawing & Video, Sculpture
Ruth Beraha (Milan, 1986). Beraha’s research investigates elements that can commonly be labeled, evil, strange, or unknown, focusing on the disruption of the certainties on which we base our experience of the world. With immersive audios, sculptures, installations, drawings and photographs, her work makes the viewer consider the Adversary no longer as a distant and incomprehensible entity, but as a constitutive part of our identity.
Her most recent shows include: My Blueberry Night II, curated by Antonio Grulli, Piazza del Duomo, Bergamo (2019); Dad Jokes, Ncontemporary gallery, Milan (2019); Non sarai mai solo, solo show curated by Paola Tognon, Museo della Città, Livorno (2019); MONO 2, solo show curated by Gabriele Tosi and Fabio Farnè, LocaleDue, Bologna (2018); Arte in memoria 10, Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ostia Antica archeological site, Rome (2018); That’s it, curated by Lorenzo Balbi, MAMbo, Bologna (2018); Pensiero stupendo (self-portrait), solo show curated by Stefano Coletto, Museo Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice (2018); Take Me (I’m Yours), curated by Christian Boltanski, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi, Roberta Tenconi, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan (2017).
Selected Works
Non sarai mai solo, 2019. Performance at Museo della Città Bottini dell’Olio e Luogo Pio, Livorno. Courtesy the artist. Photo Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio.
Run Home (self-portrait), 2018. Blown Murano glass baseball bats. 75x7,5x3 cm each. Courtesy the artist and Ncontemporary gallery, Milan.
Us (self-portrait), 2018. Fish tank, 31 piranhas, terracotta sculpture, 100x100x50 cm. Installation view at MAMbo, Bologna. Courtesy the artist. Photo Carlo Favero.
Goliath, 2019. Site-specific installation, 800 x 300 cm. Installation view at Arte in memoria 10, Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ostia Antica archeological site (RM). Courtesy the artist. Photo Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio.
Charlie, 2019. Carrara white marble, Ø 22.5 cm. Installation view at Museo della Città Bottini dell’Olio e Luogo Pio, Livorno. Courtesy the artist. Photo Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio.
Pensiero Stupendo (self-portrait), ‘Ca Rezzonico version, 2018. Bianural audio track. Installation view at Museo Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice. Courtesy the artist.
Pensiero Stupendo (self-portrait), Pirelli Hangar Bicocca version, 2018. Bianural audio track. Installation view at Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan. Courtesy the artist.
Io non posso entrare (self-portrait), 2019. Engraved brass plate vandalized with black paint. 20x13x0,2 cm. Installation view at Museo della Città Bottini dell’Olio e Luogo Pio, Livorno. Courtesy the artist. Photo Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio.