1990s
In the 1990s, Rubins suspended and cantilevered massive components in equilibrium, including hot water heaters, mobile homes, mattresses, and eventually airplane wings and fuselages in her sprawling Airplane Parts series.
5,500 lbs. of Sonny’s Airplane Parts, 550 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire & Linda’s Place, 1997 Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
German Hot Water Heaters, 1997 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
German Hot Water Heaters, 1995 Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany
Drawings & Hot Water Heaters, 1995 Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mattresses & Cakes, 1995 The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
MoMA & Airplane Parts, 1995 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Airplane Parts & Building, 1994 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Table & Airplane Parts, 1994 Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Swiss Hot Water Heaters, 1993 Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Swiss Hot Water Heaters, 1993 Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Mattresses & Cakes, 1993 Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
Mattresses & Cakes, 1993 Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Mattresses & Cakes, 1993 Kunstverein Lingen, Germany
Mattresses & Cakes, 1993 University of California Los Angeles
Table & Airplane Parts, 1992 Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Drawings & Hot Water Heaters, 1992 Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Drawings & Hot Water Heaters, 1992 SteinGladstone, New York, NY
Trailers & Hot Water Heaters, 1992 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Drawings & Hot Water Heaters, 1991 Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Drawings & Hot Water Heaters, 1991 Topanga, CA
Table & Airplane Parts, 1990 Topanga, CA