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David Platzker on the art of Ed Ruscha
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David Platzker on the art of Ed Ruscha - Artforum International
THE DISTANCE from the Knox-Less service station in Oklahoma City to Bob’s Seaside Service, not so far from the Santa Monica Pier at the terminus of Route 66—both pictured in Ed Ruscha’s 1963 artist’s book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations—was about 1,400 miles. It’s a drive Ruscha has taken many times since he traveled it with Mason Williams in Ruscha’s lowered 1950 four-door Ford, with throaty Smitty Glasspack dual muffler, following their graduation from Oklahoma City’s Classen High School in 1956.1The trail from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles via Route 66 holds a mythic place withi...
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20th century artists experimenting with letters, words, and symbols as visual motifs at Norton Simon Museum
The a href= http://nortonsimon.org target= _blank Norton Simon Museum /a presents Word as Image, an exhibition showcasing 20th century artists who
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