Made in USA - Ed Ruscha An American Perspective
/ As a focal point for the oil industry in the US, Oklahoma is associated with roads (Route 66), cars and gasoline. All these feature significantly in the oeuvre of Ed Ruscha, who, although he is primarily associated with the cityscape of Los Angeles, grew up in Oklahoma (city and state). Ruscha has said that everything he’s done was already part of him when he left Oklahoma at 18. From early in his career, Ruscha began to isolate and recombine words and images Ed Ruscha: OKLA at Oklahoma Contemporary is the first exhibition to examine Ruscha’s work within the context of those formative ...
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