Twentysix Abandoned Gasoline Stations
  • artists' book
  • wrappers with dust jacket
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • duotone
  • 18 x 14.2 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size 1000
  • unsigned and numbered

Twentysix Abandoned Gasoline Stations

Jeffrey Brouws

Twentysix Abandoned Gasoline Stations

description

Well crafted artist's book parody of Edward Ruscha's "Twentysix Gasoline Stations." "This book is dedicated to and inspired by Ed Ruscha and his original 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations,' first published in 1962." -- from book's introduction. "In late twentieth century postmodern America the number of gasoline stations across the nation has dwindled. With rising land values and new, tougher environmental restraints, many independent station owners found themselves unable to replace aging underground tanks that the EPA deemed unsafe. Subsequently, a favorite public place where flat tires were fixed and the weather discussed, is slowing vanishing from our landscape." -- from insert card.

references

"Various Small Books : Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha" by Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton, Hermann Zschiegner, Phil Taylor, Mark Rawlinson. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2013, pp. 52 - 55.
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