Read more
This definitive three-volume publication is the most comprehensive assessment to date on the books, prints, and photographic editions of Ed Ruscha, who since the early 1960s has been one of contemporary art's most innovative practitioners in the graphic arts. A pioneer of conceptual photography and the contemporary artist's book, Ruscha has also produced more than 500 graphic works that set him apart as a prolific and experimental innovator in nearly every printmaking technique. This publication documents each of the artist's projects in these three essential areas of production. Catalogue raisonné entries compiled by curator and contemporary print scholar Siri Engberg feature detailed data and new photography, with full-color images of all prints and editioned photographic works, as well as a photographic inventory of each artist's book cover and interior pages. Scholarly essays by Engberg and artist book specialist Clive Phillpot provide context and analysis of Ruscha's achievements in the area of editions through the full arc of the artist's career. Additional resources include Ruscha's 1975 text "The Information Man," a selected bibliography and exhibition history, and photographic "visual archives" chronicling Ruscha's activities working with print workshops and other collaborators.
List of contents
Vol. 1 Essays Texts by Siri Engberg, Edward Ruscha and Clive Phillpot
136 pages, 37 black-and-white and 93 color images
Vol. 2 Books Text by Siri Engberg
248 pages, 21 black-and-white and 1,011 color images
Vol. 3 Prints and Photographic Editions Text by Siri Engberg
480 pages, 30 black-and-white and 752 color images
About the author
Edward Ruscha was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1937 and grew up in Oklahoma City. In 1956 he moved to Los Angeles to study at the Chouinard Art Institute and has lived and worked in LA since. Ruscha’s 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 was chosen by the US Department of State to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale. In 2023–24, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is presenting a comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work spanning his career. Ruscha’s books with Steidl include the Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings (volumes 1–7, 2004–2016), THEN & NOW: Hollywood Boulevard 1973–2004 (2005), On the Road (2009), Los Angeles Apartments (2013) and Photographer (2013).
