Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings. Volume 3: 1983-1987

This is the third volume in the ongoing series documenting Ruschas entire corpus of paintings. As in the previous two volumes, each painting is given a double-page spread with exhibition and bibliographic history, and is reproduced in colour. The artists notebook sketches for paintings are reproduced in facsimile.This volume contains 165 paintings and, in addition, includes a major public commission for the Philip Johnson-designed Miami-Dade Public Library, which was a watershed mark for Ruscha. Paintings done immediately prior to this commission can be seen as a summation of the artists earlier preoccupations and techniques, while those done after the commission show a major shift in Ruschas direction occasioned by the artists use of airbrush techniques to produce dark, atmospheric canvases that correspond to film noir and such Los Angeles writers as Raymond Chandler. The book includes an introductory essay by the editor, Robert Dean, and a personal tribute by artist Lawrence Weiner. It contains a chronology to 1987, as well as a comprehensive bibliography and list of exhibitions. Co-published with Gagosian Gallery, New York/Beverly Hills

Auteur
Ed Ruscha wurde 1937 in Omaha/Nebraska geboren und wuchs in Oklahoma auf. Er studierte am Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Sein Werk wird weltweit ausgestellt und ist Bestandteil vieler bedeutender Museen und Sammlungen. Ed Ruscha, der an vier documenta-Ausstellungen teilnahm, ist Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Letters. Er lebt in Los Angeles. Bei Steidl erschienen zahlreiche Bücher von ihm, zuletzt Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Vol. 5.