9780520290693-0520290690-Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

ISBN-13: 9780520290693
ISBN-10: 0520290690
Edition: First Edition
Author: Karin Breuer
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardcover 244 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780520290693
ISBN-10: 0520290690
Edition: First Edition
Author: Karin Breuer
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardcover 244 pages

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Ed Ruscha and the Great American West (ISBN-13: 9780520290693 and ISBN-10: 0520290690), written by authors Karin Breuer, was published by University of California Press in 2016. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Individual Artists (Arts Collections) books. You can easily purchase or rent Ed Ruscha and the Great American West (Hardcover, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Individual Artists books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $13.6.

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The renowned artist Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska, grew up in Oklahoma, and has lived and worked in Southern California since the late 1950s. Beginning in 1956, road trips across the American Southwest furnished a conceptual trove of themes and motifs that he mined throughout his career. The everyday landscapes of the West, especially as experienced from the automobile—gas stations, billboards, building facades, parking lots, and long stretches of roadway—are the primary motifs of his often deadpan and instantly recognizable paintings and works on paper, as well as his influential artist books such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations and All the Buildings on the Sunset Strip. His iconic word images—declaring Adios, Rodeo, Wheels over Indian Trails, and Honey . . . I Twisted through More Damn Traffic to Get Here—further underscore a contemporary Western sensibility. Ruscha’s interest in what the real West has become—and Hollywood’s version of it—plays out across his oeuvre. The cinematic sources of his subject matter can be seen in his silhouette pictures, which often appear to be grainy stills from old Hollywood movies. They feature images of the contemporary West, such as parking lots and swimming pools, but also of its historical past: covered wagons, buffalo, teepees, and howling coyotes. Featuring essays by Karin Breuer and D.J. Waldie, plus a fascinating interview with the artist conducted by Kerry Brougher, this stunning catalogue, produced in close collaboration with the Ruscha studio, offers the first full exploration of the painter’s lifelong fascination with the romantic concept and modern reality of the evolving American West.

Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Exhibition dates:

de Young, San Francisco: July 16–October 9, 2016
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