Ed Ruscha

Bregenz

The work of Ed Ruscha, one of the best-known artists of his generation, eludes established categories. Assigned to Pop Art at the start of his career and later on to Conceptual Art, today it is clear that one of the qualities of Ed Ruscha’s work is its never confining itself to one style or medium.

The exhibition Reading Ed Ruscha was specially conceived by the artist for the Kunsthaus Bregenz. Just how productive Ed Ruscha’s engagement with the written word is can be seen from his artist books, all of which are on show in the Bregenz exhibition, as also from the abstract oil and acrylic pictures of the Cityscapes series. Over a dozen such works in the exhibition document not only the atmospheric density that this combination of visual abstraction and the words supplied in thought can generate, but also a remarkable directness varying from despair and aggression to humor.

Kunsthaus Bregenz

July 7th – October 14th, 2012
Karl-Tizian-Platz
6900 Bregenz
Austria

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