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Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot November 17 – December 29, 2018

Rusty Scruby: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
November 17 – December 29, 2018 

Rusty Scruby, A Way to Infinity, 2018

Rusty Scruby

A Way to Infinity, 2018

wool knitting on poplar wood construction

46h x 40w x 6d in

RS206

Rusty Scruby, Dusk, 2012

Rusty Scruby

Dusk, 2012

archival photographic reconstruction

41.50h x 32w in

Framed: 46.50h x 37.50w x 2d in

RS193

Rusty Scruby, Sunset Saguaro, 2012

Rusty Scruby

Sunset Saguaro, 2012

archival photographic reconstruction

18h x 14w in

Framed: 23.50h x 19.25w x 2d in

2 of 2

RS176

Rusty Scruby, Bark, 2006

Rusty Scruby

Bark, 2006

archival photographic reconstruction on drawing paper

35h x 26w in

Framed: 40.50h x 31.50w x 2d in

RS125

Rusty Scruby, Robert, 2014

Rusty Scruby

Robert, 2014

charcoal and graphite on paper construction

19.50h x 19w x 2d in

Framed: 24h x 24w in

RS119

Rusty Scruby, The Kissing Tree, 2014

Rusty Scruby

The Kissing Tree, 2014

charcoal on paper construction

12.50h x 11.50w x 2d in

Framed: 17.50h x 16.25w x 2.50d in

RS115

Press Release

Cris Worley Fine Arts is pleased to announce our fourth exhibition with Dallas-based artist Rusty Scruby. The exhibition is entitled Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot and will present select pieces from Scruby’s body of work from the past two decades. The exhibition will open with an artist’s reception on Saturday, November 17th, from 5 - 8 pm and will be on view through December 29th, 2018.

Rusty Scruby is known for his woven paper re-constructions that blur the boundaries of sculpture, photography, and painting. Scruby uses the organizing principals of calculus and music theory to re-distribute the surfaces of his source images, producing undulating vectors of raised interlocking pixels. The results of Scruby’s uniquely latticed compositions are visually poetic translations of the harmonies created by layering patterns of sound and light on graphic surfaces in ink, charcoal, and enamel paint.

Having studied aerospace engineering at Texas A&M, Scruby’s attention to the physical questions of matter and movement lead his careful investigations in the visual arts. Scruby’s early reconstructions, such as Diving Board (2001), capture the essence of his unique weaving designs that create optically engaging 3-dimensional compositions. The distorted surfaces of these works create hazy atmospheres appearing as memories that become naturally fragmented and re-weaved with time. Viewers can experience a nostalgic effect from Scruby’s use of images taken from archived childhood photos.

Rusty Scruby was born in 1964 in Oregon. He attended Texas A&M University in College Station and the University of North Texas in Denton. In August 2018 he completed work on a public installation entitled Infinitesimals, constructed on aluminum panels, commissioned for the Zachry Engineering Complex at Texas A&M in College Station. His work has been exhibited across Texas, California, and Florida. In 2010, Scruby received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for his solo exhibition presented by Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. His work can be found in the City of Dallas Mayor’s Office Collection; Microsoft Corporation Collection; Lamar University in Beaumont; Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont; and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

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