Compendium / chronology documenting both the artists' books of Edward Ruscha, and the books inspired by, or aping, Ruscha's artist's books. Edited by Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner. Text by Phil Taylor, with and essay by Mark Rawlinson. ... [details]
Hal Foster's critical look at the "Pop" generation that came to artistic age in the 1960s. "Who branded painting in the Pop age more brazenly than Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and Ed Ruscha? And who probed the pop revolution in image and identity more intensely than they? In 'The First Pop Age,' leading critic and historian Hal Foster presents an exciting new interpretation of Pop art through the work of these Pop Five. ... [details]
Issue edited by Michelle Kuo. Essays "Passages: Achim Hochdörfer on Leo Steinberg," by Achim Hochdörfer; "Film: Amy Taubin on Lars von Trier's 'Melancholia,'" by Amy Taubin; "Fashion: Nick Mauss on Madame Grès at the Musée Bourdelle," by Nick Mauss; "Slant: Daniel Birnbaum on 'Atlas - How to Carry the World on One's Back?" by Daniel Birnbaum; "Music: Alan Licht on Van Dyke's Parks," by Alan Licht; "On Site: Nils Norman on the Copenhagen Free University," by Nils Norman; "On Site: Alex Farquharson on the Piccadilly Community Centre," by Alex Farquharson; "Top Ten," by Patti Smith; "Art in Los Angeles: Introduction," by Michelle Kuo; "Then and There: The Art of Chris Burden," by Anne M. ... [details]
"Since his first road trip in 1956, driving from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles, Ed Ruscha has continued to muse on America as seen from the road: "I like being in the car, and seeing things from that vantage point," he has said. ... [details]
Second edition of the exhibition catalogue originally published in conjunction with a show of artists' books held at Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd., London, September 20 - October 14, 1972. Extensive essay by Celant. ... [details]
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]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held September 27 - October 29, 2010. Artists include Odilon Redon, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, André Derain, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, Andy Warhol, Jack Tworkov, Robert Mangold, Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha, Susan Rothenberg and Lucien Freud. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held November 6 - December 12, 2009. Curated and with texts by Ted Purves, Sarah Robayo Sheridan and Steven Leiber. Artists include Keith Arnatt, Jan Dibbets, Peter Weibel, Valie Export, Marinus Boezem, David Hall, Chris Burden, Stan Douglas, Jim Eller, Yoko Ono, Ed Ruscha, Stephen Kaltenbach, Dan Graham, Joseph Kosuth, Walter Battiss, Lynda Benglis, Hamish Fulton, Herman de Vries, Endre Tot, Daniel Buren, United Art Contractors, Skip Arnold, Jeff Koons, Ryan Gander, Giovanni Anselmo, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Stanley Brouwn, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Gino De Dominicis, Ger van Elk, Gilbert & George, Garry Kuehn, Mario Merz, Klaus Rinke, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ulrich Rückriem, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, Franz Erhard Walther, Lawrence Weiner and Gilberto Zorio. [details]
Large-scale examination of the conceptual art network in it's years of inception, 1967, though to the time at which it had become highly formalized, 1977. An exacting examination by Sophie Richard, edited by Lynda Morris after Richard's unfortunate death. ... [details]
Artists' book produced with by Ed Ruscha, Venice, CA; Tracey Shiffman Design, Los Angeles; and Cantz Druckerei, Ostfildern, Germany, November 2009, to benefit The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. ... [details]
