Beschreibung
Volume Seven of the Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, covering the years 2004 to 2011, comprises 230 paintings and studies that are reproduced in color and accompanied by detailed exhibition and bibliographic histories. The work of this period extends various earlier series, including Ruscha's "mountain" paintings, a number of which now incorporate texts from Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. Other important works take decay, waste and retrieval, and the passage of time as themes, notably the "Course of Empire" series (Ruscha's contribution to the 51st Venice Biennale) and the "Psycho Spaghetti Western" paintings. This 550-page volume, co-published by Gagosian Gallery, is edited by Robert Dean with Lisa Turvey and contains essays by Thierry de Duve and Linda Norden.
Autorenportrait
Ed Ruscha was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1937 and grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He moved to Los Angeles, 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 and Letters and in 2005 he represented the United States at the Venice Biennale. Ruscha recently curated two exhibitions, "The Ancients Stole All Our Great Ideas" at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and "Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster" at the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin. Ruscha works in Culver City, California.
