![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc6200.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Split, splits, splitting, 2019
5 pongee silk curtains installed throughout the gallery, essay printed in publication, guided tours led by security guards.
Installation detail: Lexicon of Infinite Movement,
Kröller-Müller Museum, The Netherlands
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc6624.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Split, splits, splitting, 2019
5 pongee silk curtains installed throughout the gallery, essay printed in publication, guided tours led by security guards.
Installation detail: Lexicon of Infinite Movement,
Kröller-Müller Museum, The Netherlands
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/poseneske-one.jpeg)
Ruth Buchanan
Split, splits, splitting, 2019
5 pongee silk curtains installed throughout the gallery, essay printed in publication, guided tours led by security guards.
Installation detail: Lexicon of Infinite Movement,
Kröller-Müller Museum, The Netherlands
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/75a6747web.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
The scene in which I find myself / Or, where does my body belong, 2019
Installation detail: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/75a6800web-1.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
The scene in which I find myself / Or, where does my body belong, 2019
Installation detail: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/75a6951web-1.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
The scene in which I find myself / Or, where does my body belong, 2019
Installation detail: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/75a7020web-1.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
The scene in which I find myself / Or, where does my body belong, 2019
Installation detail: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/75a6903web.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
The scene in which I find myself / Or, where does my body belong, 2019
Installation detail: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/masp-view-2-2880x1780.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Feminist histories: artists after 2000, 2019
Installation detail: Museu de Arte de São Paulo
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/masp_view-1-2880x1492.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Feminist histories: artists after 2000, 2019
Installation detail: Museu de Arte de São Paulo
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/masp-overview-2880x1224.jpg)
Feminist histories: artists after 2000, 2019
Installation view: Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/070a0852hopmos-group-show-aug-large-jpeg-1920x2880.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Columns, Curtains, Columns, 2018
hand latch-hooked rug,
custom perforated steel frame
870 x 680mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/070a0873hopmos-group-show-aug-large-jpeg-1920x2880.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Columns, Curtains, Columns, 2018
hand latch-hooked rug,
custom perforated steel frame
870 x 680mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/070a0749hopmos-group-show-aug-large-jpeg-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Can tame anything, tables, tables, doors, blinds, bodies , 2016
hand latch-hooked rug, custom perforated steel frame
840 x 1150mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/070a0905hopmos-group-show-aug-large-jpeg-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Can tame anything, tables, tables, doors, blinds, bodies , 2016
hand latch-hooked rug, custom perforated steel frame
840 x 1150mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8663-ruth-buchanan-web--2160x2880.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Metabolise, 2018/2019
PVC curtain, rope, steel fixtures
2200 x 1300mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8871-ruth-buchanan-web--2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
My I,I,I be broke, 2019
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8700-ruth-buchanan-web--2160x2880.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan with Benjamin Buchanan
Can, 2019
hand drawn acrylic paint
2650 x 880mm overall approx.
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8859-ruth-buchanan-web--2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
My I,I,I be broke, 2019
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/m5a2702-ruth-buchanan-web--2880x1972.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
But it’s one way to describe agency. And desire: I’m trapped (leg, leg, bust, rush, step, stair), 2018
cast concrete, coated wood
600 x 380 x 1500mm
Ruth Buchanan
Evacuation Tapes, 2019
audio on speakers embedded in wall
18min loop
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8921-ruth-buchanan-web--2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
But it’s one way to describe agency. And desire: I’m trapped (leg, leg, bust, rush, step, stair), 2018
cast concrete, coated wood
600 x 380 x 1600mm
Ruth Buchanan
Brain Poem, 2019
digital video on tablet
colour, 8'31” loop
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8670-ruth-buchanan-web--1920x2880.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
My I, I, I be broke, 2019
spray paint on wall
dimensions variable
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8723-ruth-buchanan-web--2880x2012.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
My I,I,I be broke, 2019
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8675-ruth-buchanan-web--2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Spreads, 2019
powder coated steel paravent
1800 x 1990mm
Ruth Buchanan
Cut ups, 2019
hand latch hook rug
1200 x 1250mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/70a8717-ruth-buchanan-web--2880x2160.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan with Benjamin Buchanan
Can, 2019
hand drawn acrylic paint
2650 x 880mm overall approx.
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/akn_0094.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS, 2018
installation view: Walters Prize Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/akn_0011.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS, 2018
installation view: Walters Prize Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/akn_0069.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS, 2018
installation view: Walters Prize Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/akn_0026.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS, 2018
installation view: Walters Prize Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/akn_0028.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS, 2018
installation view: Walters Prize Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/akn_0103.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS, 2018
installation view: Walters Prize Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruchbuchanan_deadmarble29-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Dead Marble, 2018
installation detail: Artspeak, Vancouver
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruthbuchanan_deadmarble2-2880x1734.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Dead Marble, 2018
installation view: Artspeak, Vancouver
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruthbuchanan_deadmarble26-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Dead Marble, 2018
installation detail: Artspeak, Vancouver
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_adam-3-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS (with Judith Hopf and Marianne Wex), 2016
installation view: Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_adam-4-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS (with Judith Hopf and Marianne Wex), 2016
installation view: Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_adam-5-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS (with Judith Hopf and Marianne Wex), 2016
installation view: Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan__37a4549_lowrez.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS (with Judith Hopf and Marianne Wex), 2016
installation view: Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_ruth-buchanan04.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
The actual and its document, 2016
installation view: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_ruth-buchanan22.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Mediation (detail), 2016
three geo mesh banners 400cm x 500cm site specific wall painting with wall text
dimensions variable
installation view: The actual and its document, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_7-2880x1830.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Or, a camera Or, a building Or, a screen, 2015
installation view: Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_12-1-2880x1908.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
J-OKER, 2015
installation view: A–Z. The Marzona Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_2-1.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Its Interior, Pronoun, 2015
inkjet print on outdoor wind resistant geo-mesh, live audio, single-channel audio on speakers (15'38”), carpet, wooden tabletop, powder coated steel, chairs from the artists home
dimensions variable
installation view: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_6.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Break. Breaking off of, 2015
scaffolding, customised coated wooden stairs
dimensions variable
installation view: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bkv--2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Or, a building
installation view: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/7a-2880x1908.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Or, a building
installation view: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_13.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Or a document (detail), 2015
powder coated steel grid, flat-bed print on high-pressure laminate on
multiplex
200 x 200 x 900 cm
installation view: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_20.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Or, a building, 2015
installation view: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_ruth_buchanan_and_milli_jannides_mg_9351-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Sound Bow (with Milli Jannides), 2014
installation view: Johan Berggren, Malmo
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_and_milli_jannides_mg_9308-2880x1920.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
The library's roof, 2012-2014
hand latch-hooked rug, powder coated steel, glass
1120 x 800 x 900m
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_dsc_2823-2880x1881.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
On or within a scenario, 2013
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_hopkinsoncundy_listebasel_mg_3073_highres-2880x2160.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Conditions Drawing, 2012
table with custom vitrine cover, hand latch-hooked rug, painted ceramic, ink on paper, light drawing
1750 x 750 x 900mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ruth_buchanan_hopkinsoncundy_listebasel_mg_3085_highres-2880x2160.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Conditions Drawing (detail), 2012
table with custom vitrine cover, hand latch-hooked rug, painted ceramic, ink on paper, light drawing
1750 x 750 x 900mm
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ruth_buchanan_wallfilmcurtain-2880x1913.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Several Attentions – Lying Freely Part III, 2009
installation view: The Showroom, London
![](https://mossman.gallery/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ruth_buchanan_dsc_3653-2880x1916.jpg)
Ruth Buchanan
Circular Facts, 2009
photographic documentation of a performance in the form of a theatre
Frascati Theatre, Amsterdam