{"title":"Charles Ray","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Ray (born 1953, Chicago) is an American sculptor whose practice is grounded in a sustained investigation of scale, the body, realism, and the conditions of perception. Working across fibreglass, steel, aluminium, and found objects, Ray produces works that appear familiar but are systematically displaced — enlarged, reduced, recast, or subtly altered in ways that unsettle the viewer’s relationship to the object and to their own body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay came to prominence in the late 1980s and 1990s with works including \u003cem\u003eFall ’91\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOh! Charley, Charley, Charley…\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUnpainted Sculpture\u003c\/em\u003e, establishing him as one of the most rigorous and formally inventive sculptors of his generation. His practice has been the subject of major retrospectives and solo exhibitions at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together exhibition ephemera, postcards, and printed matter connected to Ray’s exhibitions and institutional presentations.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ray-chicken-new-beetle-father-figure-matthew-marks-pc-2007","title":"Charles Ray — Chicken, The New Beetle, Father Figure — Exhibition Postcard, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, 2007","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition announcement card\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Marks Gallery, New York\u003cbr\u003eNovember 14, 2007 – January 19, 2008\u003cbr\u003e13.5 × 11.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on card\u003cbr\u003eGreen recto with black text; black verso with silver-grey gallery details\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibition announcement card for Charles Ray at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. The exhibition presented three sculptures: \u003cem\u003eChicken\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Beetle\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFather Figure\u003c\/em\u003e, and was Ray’s first solo exhibition in New York since 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay’s sculpture often moves between toy, body, scale, realism, and industrial fabrication. In this exhibition, a small hatching chicken, a nude child with a toy car, and a monumental toy tractor became a compact grammar of childhood, objecthood, and sculptural enlargement. \u003cem\u003eFather Figure\u003c\/em\u003e alone was made in painted steel and measured 238 × 349 × 182 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small gallery support for a major Ray exhibition. Printed matter reduced to title, date, address, and surface. The postcard holds the exhibition as a compressed administrative object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good; light handling wear and minor surface marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53699405087058,"sku":"RAY-MATTHEWMARKS-PC-2007","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Ray_-Charles.-Artist-postcard_-Matthew-Marks-Gallery.-2007--front.jpg?v=1781070906"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/charles-ray.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}