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With his iconic interpretations of American society, Ed Ruscha (*1937) stands out as one of the most prominent figures of 20th century American art. His art is closely associated with cool and elegant representations of stylized gas stations, Hollywood logos and archetypal landscapes. Since the beginning of the 1960s no one else has so radically interpreted the development of modern visual culture in and around L.A. where the artist lives and works. Deriving his motifs from the perspective of the road, the windshield and the movie screen, his works give a distinctive sense of the huge, flat city space located in the desert.0Featuring over 50 works from the UBS Art Collection, the exhibition catalogue covers not only the time from c. 1960 onward, but also the technically and graphically innovative approaches that Ruscha has made use of over the years, including studies for his most iconic paintings and artist books. Taking its title from one of Ruscha's "word-pictures" VERY, the publication includes an essay written by George Condo and the curator of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's interview with the artist. Exhibition: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (17.5.-19.8.2018) / KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen, Norway (14.9.-16.12.2018). Ed Ruscha's 1973 gunpowder drawing, "Year After Year," is reproduced from Very, Hatje Cantz's beautifully produced collection of 50 works on paper from the renowned UBS Art Collection—published to accompany the show currently on view at the Louisiana Museum, Denmark. Hats off to the publishers for their presentation of fellow artist George Condo's sorta wild, highly insightful three-part text on Ruscha, which reads in part: "in his own private laboratory he could develop new formulas to bring the world art they had never experienced before..he used materials unheard of as his alchemical process emerged from gunpowder to grape juice..he found words as strange in combination with other words as his materials were to the standard kit of oil paint .yet the fascinating and ingenious part was all of us knew the words they were not ones you had to look up in the oxford dictionary..they were so obvious that they could be sitting right next to you and you would never have noticed them,,like a brother or sister."
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Painting --- painting [image-making] --- schilderkunst --- Ruscha, Ed --- anno 1900-1999
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Painting --- painting [image-making] --- art history --- kunstgeschiedenis --- schilderkunst --- Ruscha, Ed
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Painting --- avant-garde --- Modern [style or period] --- avant-garde --- moderne kunst --- Ruscha, Ed --- Russia
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history [discipline] --- Regional documentation --- steden --- cities --- Physical geography --- geschiedenis --- Ruscha, Ed --- Russian Federation --- Fédération de Russie --- Russische Federatie --- Russia
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History of Germany and Austria --- history [discipline] --- wars --- geschiedenis --- oorlogen --- Ruscha, Ed --- anno 1930-1939 --- anno 1940-1949
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etnische juwelen --- edelsmeedkunst --- Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- Ruscha, Ed --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Russian Federation --- Russia
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"Gunpowder, tobacco, coffee, rose petals, lettuce and blood are just a few of the unorthodox materials used by California-based artist Ed Ruscha, whose work is featured in this sumptuously produced monograph of drawings. Produced in conjunction with a career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, this catalog features over 200 reproductions of the artist?s sly and meticulously rendered drawings of stock phrases from pop culture (e.g. "Hollywood Calif," "Babycakes," "20th Century Fox"). The drawings are accompanied by two rather disjointed essays by exhibit curator Rowell and MoCA LA curator Butler. Rowell?s essay focuses on the artist?s working process, explaining that one reason Ruscha drew with gunpowder was because it was an easier medium to manipulate than graphite. She also points out some salient links between the artist?s drawings and his interest in photography. Butler takes a more conceptual approach, examining the content of Ruscha?s drawings and his working materials through a theoretical and thematic lens. While both essays offer welcome insights into the work of a highly mercurial artist, Rowell?s reliance on stiff art historical jargon and Butler?s disorganized presentation make for dense reading. Part of their difficulty may be that the drawings themselves, with their sparklingly light irony and deft, masterly touch, have strange, otherworldly resonances that are difficult to pin down with words. Ultimately, it?s the strength of the work itself that makes this book a must-have for any Ruscha fan." -- Publisher's Weekly review. Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) is among the most popular American artists working today. His evocations of commonplace subjects have earned him a reputation as a Pop artist, while his interest in language and typography has aligned him with Conceptual art. This book, published to accompany Ruscha's first museum retrospective of drawings, showcases his singular vision and his wide range of highly personal mediums and techniques-from pastels and gunpowder to blood, coffee, and tobacco stains. Ruscha's work includes paintings, photographs, prints, books, and films, but his unique works on paper are perhaps his richest vein. Through his interpretations of cultural icons and vernacular subjects such as the Hollywood sign, trademarks, and gas stations, as well as his renderings of words and phrases in countless stylistic variations, Ruscha proposes a modern landscape based on keen observation and wry humor.
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Baselitz, Georg ; Brown, James ; Conner, Bruce ; Förg, Gunther ; Hine, Hank ; Lüpertz, Markus ; Mitchell, Joan ; Partenheimer, Jürgen ; Prangenberg, Norbert ; Rothenberg, Susan ; Ruscha, Ed ; Salle, David ; Tuttle, Richard
Salle, David --- Hine, Hank --- Lüpertz, Markus --- Brown, James --- Mitchell, Joan --- Rothenberg, Susan --- Ruscha, Ed --- Förg, Günther --- Tuttle, Richard --- Conner, Bruce --- Baselitz, Georg --- Partenheimer, Jürgen --- Prangenberg, Norbert --- kunstenaarsboeken --- artists' books [books] --- Graphic arts --- Publishers. Printers --- Artists' books --- Exhibitions
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