Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Rozell, Mary
2. Kold, Anders
3. Condo, George
4. Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark), host institution.
5. KODE - Art Museums of Bergen, host institution.

Description

1. 119 pages: illustrations (some color); 25 x 29 cm

Summary

1. With his iconic interpretations of American society, Ed Ruscha (* 1937) stands out as one of the most prominent figures of 20th century American art. His art is closely associated with cool and elegant representations of stylized gas stations, Hollywood logos and archetypal landscapes. Since the beginning of the 1960s no one else has so radically interpreted the development of modern visual culture in and around L.A. where the artist lives and works. Deriving his motifs from the perspective of the road, the windshield and the movie screen, his works give a distinctive sense of the huge, flat city space located in the desert.0Featuring over 50 works from the UBS Art Collection, the exhibition catalogue covers not only the time from c. 1960 onward, but also the technically and graphically innovative approaches that Ruscha has made use of over the years, including studies for his most iconic paintings and artist books. Taking its title from one of Ruscha's "word-pictures" VERY, the publication includes an essay written by George Condo and the curator of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's interview with the artist. Exhibition: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (17.5.-19.8.2018) / KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen, Norway (14.9.-16.12.2018).

Subject

1. Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
2. Ruscha, Edward > Exhibitions

Contents

1. Foreword / Poul Erik Tøjner and Petter Snare -- Preface / Ulrich Körner and Mary Rozell -- VERY: Ed Ruscha in the UBS Art Collection / Mary Rozell -- Learning from Ed Ruscha I / George Condo -- Plates -- Learning from Ed Ruscha II / George Condo -- Plates -- Learning from Ed Ruscha III / George Condo -- Plates -- Like Saying nothing, but saying something / Ed Ruscha interviewed by Anders Kold.

Call number

1. JQF 18-1478

Title

1. Very : Ed Ruscha : works from the UBS Art Collection / curator, Anders Kold ; editor, Mary Rozell.

Publisher

1. Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2018]

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. Rozell, Mary, editor.
2. Kold, Anders, curator.
3. Condo, George, writer of added commentary.
4. Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark), host institution.
5. KODE - Art Museums of Bergen, host institution.

ISBN

1. 3775744320 hardcover
2. 9783775744324 hardcover

Research call number

1. JQF 18-1478