Main entry:

Ruscha, Edward, artist.

Title & Author:

Ed Ruscha : an archive of projects / Robert Dean ; with contributions by Michael Friend, David Platzker, Allen Ruppersberg.

Publication:

New York, NY : Gagosian, [2023]
New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press
©2023

Description:

317 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Dear Ed / Allen Ruppersberg -- An introduction to "Other stuff" / Robert Dean -- Old pine and a few signs / David Platzker -- The films of Ed Ruscha / Michael Friend -- Notes on the projects and ephemera -- Projects and ephemera -- The book as canvas / Robert Dean -- Notes on the painted book covers and fore-edges -- Painted book covers and fore-edges -- The not-quite-mechanical portraits of Ed Ruscha / Robert Dean -- Notes on the contour gauge profiles -- Contour gauge profiles.

Summary:

"Introducing readers to the stunning breadth of Edward Ruscha's (b. 1937) creative output over the course of his entire life, this book includes materials dating back to his childhood and extending to his present-day output. The projects featured here fall outside Ruscha's production of paintings, drawings, prints, and artists' books. Many of these are unknown and most are reproduced here for the first time. Composed of three sections-Projects and Ephemera; Contour Gauge Profiles; and Painted Book Covers-the book offers Ruscha enthusiasts and scholars a hitherto unknown aspect of Ruscha's practice, while also showing how these projects coincide with, and sometimes even prefigure, the artistic work for which he is best known. The approximately 270 painted book covers, begun in 1990, utilize found books as support for small paintings and drawings. The 57 contour gauge profiles are silhouette-like profiles made using a mechanical device for reproducing contours. The largest section, Projects and Ephemera, consists of installations, sculpture and objects, films, book and poster design, utilitarian works, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300265873 (hardback)
0300265875 (hardback)

Subject:

Ruscha, Edward Catalogs.
Ruscha, Edward
Art, American 20th century.
Art, American 21st century.
Art américain 20e siècle.
Art américain 21e siècle.
Art, American

Form/genre:

catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Dean, Robert, 1949- writer of introduction.
Friend, Michael (Writer on film), contributor.
Platzker, David, 1965- contributor.
Ruppersberg, Allen, 1944- contributor.

Other stuff : Ed Ruscha : an archive of projects

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317656
Call No.: 317656
Copy: 1
Status: Available