Lisa Ruyter
Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to announce our first solo exhibition with American born,
Vienna based artist Lisa Ruyter.
Lisa Ruyter’s painting practice is rooted in the photographic; each of the artist’s
works begins with a photograph ・seemingly casual, sometimes diaristic yet chosen with
an eye towards a possible future painting. Characterized by a surface simplicity; images
are presented in outline and rendered recognizable through Ruyter’s use of line and flat
planes of color.Representational issues are often complicated through Ruyter’s choice of
non-naturalistic color; seldom is the pictured object/person/place presented in a color
corresponding to photographic reality; rather, color is used in a disruptive manner
highlighting an inherently abstract nature of
The present exhibition consists of a series of new paintings as well as a site-specific
wall piece. The new body of work focuses on images of both
as individuals engaged in the act of photographing; in each instance the
un-pictured.
Ruyter’s work has been included in numerous international museum exhibitions including
the Museum of Modern Art, USA; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany; P.S.1Contemporary Art Center,
USA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA; Schirn Kunsthalle, Germany; and the Abbaye
Saint-Andre Center d’lart contemporain, France; and Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip
Morris, USA