Edward Ruscha, Ribbon Words [SIGNED 2016 1ST EDITION]

Ruscha, Ed; Buchhart, Dieter

ISBN 10: 0996918116 / ISBN 13: 9780996918114

Published by Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, 2016

About this Item

SIGNED COPY - Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, 2016. Hardcover in gery cloth with titles printed in white. First Edition, First Printing.11.25 x 8.75 inches.104 pages offering a curated discussion and representation of Ruscha's Ribbon Words, created between 1967 and 1973.SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Ed Ruscha "Peter! / Ed Ruscha". BOOK CONDITION: Near Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy showing light uneven rubbing/staining to covers visible upon close inspection (protected by a new, clear mylar cover). SIGNED.

Seller Inventory # 11205

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edward Ruscha, Ribbon Words [SIGNED 2016 1ST EDITION]
• Publisher: Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996918116
• ISBN 13: 9780996918114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

The is the first publication to focus on Ed Ruscha’s (born 1937) Ribbon Word works, begun in 1966. It features reproductions of more than 50 masterpieces, along with three essays by the show’s curator Dieter Buchhart, as well as contributions by Glenn O’Brien and Alexandra Schwartz, highlighting the works’ wide array of subtle color and nuanced drawing technique, and showing how Ruscha’s paper ribbons became three-dimensional, illusionistic objects. Ruscha developed this body of work from calligraphic lines and cursive handwriting in order to give his drawings the appearance of three-dimensional forms. His imaginary ribbon-word objects provoke multiple cultural meanings as they suggest sculptures modeled by light. Ruscha’s breathtaking work, using an inimitable trompe l’oeil technique with the application of gunpowder, constitutes a major contribution to 20th-century art.

About the Author

Ed Ruscha was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1937 and grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1941 to 1956. He moved to Los Angeles, California and attended Chouinard Art Institute from 1956 to 1960. His work has been exhibited internationally and is represented in major museums and private collections throughout the world. In 2001, Ruscha was elected to The American Academy of Arts & Letters as a member of the Department of Art. He was chosen by the U.S. Department of State to represent the United States at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

Glenn O Brien, redacteur de la rubrique - Style -du prestigieux magazine americain GQ, a commence sa carriere de journaliste au cote d Andy Warhol, a fonde un groupe de rock, coecrit un film avec Jean-Michel Basquiat et imagine des campagnes publicitaires pour Calvin Klein, Armani, Nike ou Swatch. Il en sait plus que n importe qui sur la mode et sur l elegance masculine.

Alexandra Schwartz is the editor of a collection of Ed Ruscha's writings, "Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages" (MIT Press, 2002) and the coeditor of "Modern Women: Women Artists in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art".