At a time when our reading lists are in constant need of rejuvenation, Sterling Ruby shares the books that inspire him.
but is dismantling the pervasive hierarchies between different disciplines such as fine art and fashion.. “They provide a way for me to sidestep the logistics and baggage of more traditional clothing production, bringing about a sense of autobiographical return.” Although he started sewing at the age of 13, he insists he is not a dressmaker—“On the contrary, my craftsmanship has always been rough and rudimentary”—and continues to work freestyle without a pattern.
Ruby’s latest series of works in garment form are “exercises in appropriation, hybrids of politicized language and highly designed fonts” made in response to the current political climate. They feature the covers of some of his favorite books including Hannah Arendt’sDark Days , to name a few. Using a heat press, Ruby juxtaposed these covers with images of caves, candles, and werewolves, printed on to the thrash-metal band Death Angel T-shirts that he’s worn for years.
At a time when our reading lists are in need of constant rejuvenation, it seemed fitting to ask Ruby to share his thoughts on the literature that never ceases to inspire him.“‘Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent,’ Hannah Arendt wrote in her 1970 bookArendt’s political theories and philosophies covered many different subject areas, but her writings on the Nazi party from a Jewish perspective resonate with particular relevance today.
“Arendt coined the phrase ‘the banality of evil’ during her coverage of Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem in 1961 [a high-ranking Nazi sentenced to death for war crimes] to describe the phenomenon that evil is often propagated through complacency and normalcy, not just sociopaths. It’s interesting to think of how individuals, groups, companies, and countries wield power. In the US, we are certainly living in a time where the president has no identification with soft power.
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