9780714840116-0714840114-They Called Her Styrene, Etc.

They Called Her Styrene, Etc.

ISBN-13: 9780714840116
ISBN-10: 0714840114
Edition: First Edition
Author: Ed Ruscha
Publication date: 2000
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover 580 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780714840116
ISBN-10: 0714840114
Edition: First Edition
Author: Ed Ruscha
Publication date: 2000
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover 580 pages

Summary

They Called Her Styrene, Etc. (ISBN-13: 9780714840116 and ISBN-10: 0714840114), written by authors Ed Ruscha, was published by Phaidon Press in 2000. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Individual Artists (History, Arts History & Criticism, Conceptual, Arts Other, Techniques, Graphic Design) books. You can easily purchase or rent They Called Her Styrene, Etc. (Hardcover) 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 $2.97.

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Assembled in the form of a thick block, this book reproduces approximately 600 word drawings, paintings and works on paper by the Los Angeles-based American artist Edward Ruscha (b. 1937). The result is a sort of novel without an obvious plot, a series of words with no narrative. monochromatic, abstract background in the late 1950s and has continued to explore the language-based imagery that has become a hallmark of his work. Pulling elements from the visual language of advertising and commercial art, he has made hundreds of word prints, drawings, and paintings that exhibit an interplay between bold letters and shaded backgrounds. Some of the works consist of only one word - great, mud, trust; others of short combinations or phrases - Indeed I do, She sure knew her devotionals and They called her Styrene.

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