Ed Ruscha : course of empire
(Book)
Contributors
Riopelle, Christopher, editor,
McCarthy, Tom (Writer on art), editor,
Herrmann, Daniel F., editor,
Ruscha, Edward. Course of empire.
National Gallery (Great Britain), host institution.
McCarthy, Tom (Writer on art), editor,
Herrmann, Daniel F., editor,
Ruscha, Edward. Course of empire.
National Gallery (Great Britain), host institution.
Published
London : National Gallery Company, [2018].
ISBN
9781857096323, 1857096320
Physical Description
47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 32 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status | Last Check-In |
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Central Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 709.2 R952E | Check Shelves | November 1, 2023 |
More Details
Published
London : National Gallery Company, [2018].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781857096323, 1857096320
Notes
General Note
Catalog of exhibition held June 11-October 7, 2018, the National Gallery, London.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 46).
Description
Over the span of his six-decade career, Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) has created a distinctively stylized vision of the modern American landscape of gas stations, highways, and industrial buildings. Incorporating text, stark typography, and commercial logos, the artist's multivalent images both portray and interrogate the contemporary world's relentlessly packaged environment. By placing Ruscha's celebrated Course of Empire-a ten-painting installation originally created for the 2005 Venice Biennale-in dialogue with Thomas Cole's five-picture cycle The Course of Empire from the 1830s, this catalogue offers a fresh perspective on each of these disparate masterpieces. Unlike Cole's grandiose vision of the rise and fall of classical civilization, Ruscha's work comprises five black-and-white Los Angeles landscapes made in 1992 paired with color representations of the same sites as they appeared ten years later and draws attention to how often-overlooked changes in the evolving urban landscape are redolent of economic might and globalization or decline and stagnation. Exhibition: National Gallery, London, UK (11.06.-07.10.2018).
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Riopelle, C., McCarthy, T. (. o. a., Herrmann, D. F., & Ruscha, E. (2018). Ed Ruscha: course of empire . National Gallery Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Christopher, Riopelle et al.. 2018. Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire. London: National Gallery Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Christopher, Riopelle et al.. Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire London: National Gallery Company, 2018.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Riopelle, C., McCarthy, T. (. o. a., Herrmann, D. F. and Ruscha, E. (2018). Ed ruscha: course of empire. London: National Gallery Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Riopelle, Christopher,, Tom (Writer on art) McCarthy, Daniel F. Herrmann, and Edward Ruscha. Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire National Gallery Company, 2018.
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