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Ed Ruscha: An Archive of Projects

Edited by Robert Dean, Contributions by Michael Friend, Contributions by David Platzker, Contributions by Allen Ruppersberg

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With cover artwork specially created by Ruscha, this book documents hundreds of projects and miscellaneous ephemera produced by the artist alongside his main oeuvreâ€”including installations, films, painted book covers, contour gauge profiles, and more Introducing readers to the stunning breadth of Edward Ruschaâ€™s (b. 1937) creative output over the course of his entire life, this book includes materials dating back to his childhood and extending to his present-day output. The projects featured here fall outside Ruschaâ€™s production of paintings, drawings, prints, and artistsâ€™ books. Many of these are unknown and most are reproduced here for the first time. Composed of three sectionsâ€”Projects and Ephemera; Contour Gauge Profiles; and Painted Book Coversâ€”the book offers Ruscha enthusiasts and scholars a hitherto unknown aspect of Ruschaâ€™s practice, while also showing how these projects coincide with, and sometimes even prefigure, the artistic work for which he is best known. The approximately 270 painted book covers, begun in 1990, utilize found books as support for small paintings and drawings. The 57 contour gauge profiles are silhouette-like profiles made using a mechanical device for reproducing contours. The largest section, Projects and Ephemera, consists of installations, sculpture and objects, films, book and poster design, utilitarian works, and more. Distributed for Gagosian