Ed Ruscha

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The first monograph on the many-faceted career of Ed Ruscha.

Richard D Marshall

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Price: USD$45.00

450 points

Specifications

Paperback
English
290 x 250 mm, 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in
272 pp
324 colour illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780714845487
ISBN-10: 0714845485

Overview

The paperback edition of the first monograph on Ed Ruscha (b.1937) looks at the prolific and many-faceted career of an artist whose work has been variously described as Pop, Conceptual and Surrealist
Ruscha initially gained attention in the early 1960s with paintings, drawings and photographic books that focused on his fascination with his adopted home of Los Angeles
Brings together a wealth of quotes by Ruscha himself, allowing him to speak about his art in his own words
Includes more than 250 works by Ruscha, all reproduced in colour

In The Press

'Organised thematically, this good-looking tome lets the work speak for itself. Richard Marshall keeps his copy brief; each section is introduced by an essay that mixes biography and art history with quotes from the artist. I've always admired Ruscha's work without really liking it. I'm completely converted.' (Time Out)

'Helping us to understand his career … is Marshall's superb, sympathetic, scrupulously researched and detailed text. Beautifully designed, illustrated and easy to follow, almost as if it were one of the artist's works, Phaidon's Ed Ruscha is like having a private retrospective between the covers of a book. As such, it is highly recommended.' (The Oklahoman)

About the author(s)

Richard D. Marshall is an independent curator and critic who worked extensively with Ruscha during his twenty year tenure as Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art . He is the author of Edward Ruscha: Los Angeles Apartments, and has published many books and exhibition catalogues on artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Louise Bourgeois, among others.