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RYAN ESTEP (B. 1980)
Sterilized Dirt D1
signed, titled and dated 'R. ESTEP STERIL DIRT D1 2014' (on the overlap)
sterilized dirt on canvas
60 ⅛ x 48 ⅛ in. (152.7 x 122.2 cm.)
Executed in 2014.
Provenance
Dickinson Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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Ryan Estep's artistic process if focused on organic materials and altered canvases. In Sterilized Dirt D1, the artist finds ordinary dirt, mixes in disinfectant and then goes through the process of sterilizing the dirt, which requires heating the substance to 600 degrees Fahrenheit. The sterilized dirt is then silkscreened onto canvas, which is then stretched while still wet. Estep asks the "seemingly banal but deeply existential question of what do you call dirt that’s been sterilized no longer inherently dirty."

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