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]
"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]
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]
Fall - Winter 2008 / 09 Issue of biannual publication. Edited by Olivier Zahm, and featuring contributions by Olivier Zahm, Mario Sorrenti, Ari Marcopoulos, Xavier Veilhan, Mamoru Oshii, Mark Dion, Dash Snow, Terry Richardson, Nobuyoshi Araki, Benjamin Cho, Edward Ruscha, Ryan McGinley, Glenn O'Brien, Richard Kern, Glen Luchford, Chikashi Suzuki, Paul Wetherell, Richard Bush, Jeff Rian, Martin Kippenberger, Mark Borthwick, Richard Prince. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the completion of Ed Ruscha's project at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in 2008. Text by Paul Schimmel and Thomas E. Crow. "Ed Ruscha: Industrial Strength is published on the occasion of the artist's completion of 'Industrial Strength Sleep,' a 23-foot by 9-foot tapestry created at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia and based on his 1989 painting of the same name. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, December 2, 2006 - February 18, 2007. Text by Gregory Williams with a foreword by Karola Grässlin. ... [details]