Entrée principale:

Rowell, Margit.

Titre et auteur:

Cotton puffs, Q-tips, smoke and mirrors : the drawings of Ed Ruscha / Margit Rowell ; with an essay by Cornelia Butler.

Publication:

New York : Whitney Museum of American Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, ©2004.

Description:

259 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Série(s):

A Whitney Museum of American Art book

Notes:
On title page, Q-tips is followed by the registered trademark symbol.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 24-Sept. 26, 2004, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Oct. 17, 2004-Jan. 17, 2005, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Feb. 13-May 30, 2005.
Includes quotations from Ed Ruscha.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and indexes.
Foreword / Adam D. Weinberg -- Cotton puffs, Q-tips, smoke and mirrors : the drawings of Ed Ruscha / Margit Rowell -- Information man / Cornelia Butler -- Plates.

Résumé:

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) is among the most popular American artists working today. His evocations of commonplace subjects have earned him a reputation as a Pop artist, while his interest in language and typography has aligned him with Conceptual art. This book, published to accompany Ruscha's first museum retrospective of drawings, showcases his singular vision and his wide range of highly personal mediums and techniques-from pastels and gunpowder to blood, coffee, and tobacco stains. Ruscha's work includes paintings, photographs, prints, books, and films, but his unique works on paper are perhaps his richest vein. Through his interpretations of cultural icons and vernacular subjects such as the Hollywood sign, trademarks, and gas stations, as well as his renderings of words and phrases in countless stylistic variations, Ruscha proposes a modern landscape based on keen observation and wry humor.
"Gunpowder, tobacco, coffee, rose petals, lettuce and blood are just a few of the unorthodox materials used by California-based artist Ed Ruscha, whose work is featured in this sumptuously produced monograph of drawings. Produced in conjunction with a career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, this catalog features over 200 reproductions of the artist's sly and meticulously rendered drawings of stock phrases from pop culture (e.g. "Hollywood Calif," "Babycakes," "20th Century Fox"). The drawings are accompanied by two rather disjointed essays by exhibit curator Rowell and MoCA LA curator Butler. Rowell's essay focuses on the artist's working process, explaining that one reason Ruscha drew with gunpowder was because it was an easier medium to manipulate than graphite. She also points out some salient links between the artist's drawings and his interest in photography. Butler takes a more conceptual approach, examining the content of Ruscha's drawings and his working materials through a theoretical and thematic lens. While both essays offer welcome insights into the work of a highly mercurial artist, Rowell's reliance on stiff art historical jargon and Butler's disorganized presentation make for dense reading. Part of their difficulty may be that the drawings themselves, with their sparklingly light irony and deft, masterly touch, have strange, otherworldly resonances that are difficult to pin down with words. Ultimately, it's the strength of the work itself that makes this book a must-have for any Ruscha fan."--Publisher's Weekly review.

Ressources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0874271401 (alk. paper)
9780874271409 (alk. paper)
9783882439656
3882439653

Sujet:

Ruscha, Edward Exhibitions.
Ruscha, Edward, 1937-
Ruscha, Edward Expositions.
Ruscha, Edward.
Ruscha, Edward 1937-
Ruscha, Edward, (1937- ...)
Tekeningen.
Dessin.

Classification/genre:

Ausstellung New York (NY) 2004.
Quotations (texts)
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Ausstellungskatalog 2004 New York, NY.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Vedettes secondaires:

Butler, Cornelia H.
Ruscha, Edward
Whitney Museum of American Art.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Whitney Museum of American Art book.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 243523
Cote: ND37.R951 R6 2004
Statut: Disponible