Ruby City in San Antonio, Texas, will present a solo exhibition of South African artist Tracey Rose, opening June 6, 2026. The show features the video performance "TKO" (2000), in which Rose repeatedly punches a heavy bag fitted with cameras, alongside a suite of 62 drawings created during her 2000 residency at Artpace. These works, shown together for the first time, explore themes of endurance, identity, vulnerability, and transformation through boxing, gesture, and intuitive mark-making.
This exhibition matters because it offers an intimate look at Rose's groundbreaking multidisciplinary practice, highlighting rarely seen drawings that function as emotional maps and acts of divination. By connecting audiences to globally significant contemporary art, Ruby City continues its mission of fostering reflection and dialogue, while Rose's work—which has been shown at the Venice Biennale and Documenta 14—addresses urgent questions about the body, memory, and resistance.