THE MoMA11: A BOW TIE COLLECTION | FEBRUARY 8, 2011 - DECEMBER 13, 2011
BOW TIE #1
image credit: Nicholas Ruiz. Bow Tie #1. Assembled February 2011. Guitar picks, wooden hanger, super glue. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #2
image credit: Bow Tie #2. Nicholas Ruiz. Assembled March 2011. Legos, super glue. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #3
image credit: Bow Tie #3. Nicholas Ruiz. Assembled March 2011. Wine and champagne corks, finishing nails, super glue. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #4
image credit: Bow Tie #4. Nicholas Ruiz. Assembled May 2011. Aluminum can, hot glue, super glue. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #5
THE BENEFIT:
Party in the Garden 2011
image credit: Bow Tie #5. Nicholas Ruiz. Assembled May 2011. Chandelier crystals, metal wire. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #6
Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects
image credit: Bow Tie #6. Nicholas Ruiz. Assembled July 2011. Computer parts (wiring, cords, and circuit boards), metal wiring, super glue, cork, and paper card stock. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #7
THE EXHIBITION:
de Kooning: A Retrospective
image credit: Bow Tie #7. Nicholas Ruiz. Assembled September 2011. Newspaper, water, all-purpose flour, school glue, hot glue, acrylic paint, spray paint, wire hanger, water bottle cap, and scrabble tile. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #8
Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art
image credit: Bow Tie #8. Nicholas Ruiz. Assembled October/November 2011. Wire cloth, sand ceramic caulk, wall plaster, wire hanger, spray enamel, acrylic paint. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #9
image credit: Nicholas Ruiz. Bow Tie #9. Assembled October/November 2011. Film negatives, MTA MetroCard, super glue. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #10
THE EXHIBITIONS:
Contemporary Galleries: 1980-Now
Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda
New Photography 2011
image credit: Nicholas Ruiz. Bow Tie #10. Assembled November 2011. Acetaminophen pills, multiple adhesives, plastic knife. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
BOW TIE #11
THE EXHIBITION:
Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence
image credit: Nicholas Ruiz. Bow Tie #11. Assembled December 2011. Nylon stockings, spray acrylic, spray metallic, metal scissor, twine, metal wiring, women's vintage brooch. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
[source: MoMA.org]