Historical examination of The Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles CA. Written and organized by critic and journalist, Kristine McKenna. "Prior to the opening of The Ferus Gallery in 1957 it was virtually impossible to see contemporary art in Los Angeles. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held September 10 - November 2, 1986. Brief texts by Rigby Graham, Michael Lumb, Brian Lane, Simon Cutts, Ulises Carrion, Joan Hugo. Includes an annotated checklist, information regarding and excerpts from hundreds of artists' books, magazines, journals, gallery presses, published music scores, and Fluxus publications. ... [details]
An artists' book / compendium of paintings acquired by Jim Shaw [and a few collected by others] in thrift shops. Imagine all the possibilities -- from clowns to portraits to a lusty robot attacking two women -- and you get the picture. ... [details]
True first edition of Edward Ruscha's classic book documenting, literally, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles. Shows every address on the north and south side of the street moving from east to the west towards the Pacific Ocean. ... [details]
Critical theory anthology, edited by Michael Corris. Contributions by Francis Colpitt, Alex Alberro, Melanie Mariño, Ann Stephen, James Meyer, Alison M. Green, Ken Allan, Richard Williams, Robert Hobbs, Briony Fer, Edward A. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February 18 - March 26, 2005. Text by Marc Glimcher. Artists include: Josef Albers, Ad Reinhardt, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Marcel Broodthaers, Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Piero Manzoni, Frank Stella, Carl Andre, Tony Smith, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Sol LeWitt, Mel Bochner, Hanne Darboven, On Kawara, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Chuck Close, Richard Serra, Robert Mangold, Jo Baer, Joan Jonas, John Baldessari, Bruce Nauman, Mario Merz, Charles Ray, Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Sherrie Levine, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Peter Halley, Damien Hirst, Tom Friedman, Andrea Zittel, Keith Tyson, Vik Muniz, Gary Hill, Michael Rovner, James Siena, Tara Donovan, Corban Walker, Julie Mehretu, Jonathan Monk, Paul Pfeiffer, and RSG. ... [details]
Artist's book that reconstructs Edward Ruscha's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations using only images available on the internet. [details]
An artists' book parody of Edward Ruscha's classic "Some Los Angeles Apartments." Same footprint, style and sly humor. "In 1965 Edward Ruscha published Some Los Angeles Apartments. One of the buildings illustrated was the Capri, 118 N. ... [details]
Artists' book parody of Edward Ruscha's "Various Small Fires and Milk," refreshed with appropriated images, in color, of natural disasters, man-made disasters, and riots each containing fires.
"Thomas Galler work revolves around issues of media representation, the importance of authorship and transfer of found materials and reflects an critical social attitude of products and phenomena of mass culture.
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Book dedicated to Ed Ruscha''''s paintings from over the past fifty years. Includes texts by James Ellroy, Ralph Rugoff, Alexandra Schwartz, Bruce Wagner, and Ulrich Wilmes with an interview with Ruscha conducted by Kristine McKenna. ... [details]
