Since the early 2000s, Sterling Ruby has developed an eclectic and uncompromising practice that mines the triumphs, tragedies, and peculiarities of the American experience across an ever-evolving range of media. Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are proud to present DAMNATION, the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with Sprüth Magers and his first at the Los Angeles gallery. The centerpiece is STATE (2019), a single-channel video projection that the artist has spent the past five years researching and producing, working with a videographer and helicopter pilot to film aerial views of the 35 adult state prisons of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). In the upstairs gallery, the artist presents SKULLS, a new body of sculptural works.