Ed Ruscha and Photography
dal 29/2/2008 al 31/5/2008
Segnalato da
29/2/2008
Ed Ruscha and Photography
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Since the beginning of Ed Ruscha's career in the late 1950s, photography has been both an inspiration and a source of discovery for this seminal Pop and conceptual artist. This exhibition presents his signature photographic books as well as approximately 115 original photographic prints, many of which have never before been seen or published. The display includes previously unseen images from an early trip to Europe that cemented the arist's inventive approach to and curiosity about particular subjects. Curated by Sylvia Wolf.
curated by Sylvia Wolf
Overview: Since the beginning of Ed Ruscha's career in the late 1950s, photography has been both an inspiration and a source of discovery for this seminal Pop and conceptual artist. This exhibition, on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, presents his signature photographic books as well as approximately 115 original photographic prints, many of which have never before been seen or published. Displayed alongside the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection of Ruscha paintings, drawings, and prints, Ed Ruscha and Photography will create a powerful dialogue across mediums about the motifs and stylistic treatments that the artist first explored through photography.
The exhibition includes previously unseen photographs from an early trip to Europe that cemented Ruscha's inventive approach to and curiosity about particular subjects--typography and signage--and helped foster a strong graphic sensibility and bold playfulness, qualities that continue to inform all of his work. Ruscha's influence can be found in the practices of artists from photographers Lewis Baltz, Andreas Gursky, and Jeff Wall to famed architect Robert Venturi. The Art Institute’s outstanding collection of Ruscha’s works will not only elucidate the motifs and methods that course throughout his photographic practice, but also place his art at the center of the Pop and conceptual art movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
Organizer: This exhibition was organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Curator: Sylvia Wolf, adjunct curator, Whitney Museum of American Art. In Chicago, the exhibition is coordinated by Katherine Bussard, assistant curator of photography.
Sponsor: Macy's is the Lead Corporate Sponsor.
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