Ed Ruscha: Extremes and In-betweens Lise Motherwell voluptuous screen goddess of Cleopatra

voluptuous screen goddess of Cleopatra

and their battle to “acquire” the Grand Canyon by constructing an amusement park on Plateau Point

the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Printed by the Minneapolis-based workshop Akasha on Arches Special paper

Ed Ruscha: Extremes and In-betweens Lise Motherwell voluptuous screen goddess of CleopatraThis book was published on the occasion of Ed Ruscha: Extremes and In betweens at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, an exhibition of paintings completed in 2015 and 2016. One set of paintings features an interplay of words and meanings, with terms arranged in ascending and descending spatial and temporal hierarchies. Another group of four large scale paintings on paper depicts mountains, a motif that has recurred in Ruschas work since the 1990s. These