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It’s turned into Ed Ruscha book week here in NYC. An exhibition of his books opened last night at Gagosian. There was a feature in the NYT on his book work. He will give a talk tonight at NYPL. To join in the Ruscha revelry, here are some selections from our Ed Ruscha artist’s file. -ds
It’s turned into Ed Ruscha book week here in NYC. An exhibition of his books opened last night at Gagosian. There was a feature in the NYT on his book work. He will give a talk tonight at NYPL. To join in the Ruscha revelry, here are some selections from our Ed Ruscha artist’s file. -ds
It’s turned into Ed Ruscha book week here in NYC. An exhibition of his books opened last night at Gagosian. There was a feature in the NYT on his book work. He will give a talk tonight at NYPL. To join in the Ruscha revelry, here are some selections from our Ed Ruscha artist’s file.
Sad, Depressed, People. by David Horvitz
http://new-documents.org/books/sad-depressed-people
from the artist: “It’s called Sad, Depressed, People. A collection of stock photographs depicting depression. In the back is a collective-text orchestrated by Laurel Ptak. Its published by New Documents (Jeff Khonsary who publishes Fillip Magazine in Vancouver).”
From the text by Laurel Ptak: “Type the keywords ‘sad, depressed, people’ and here is what turns up: mental anguish styled in it most photogenic pose. Photos poised to sell us our antidepressants and debt relief services…”
-ds
Rollo Press has reprinted their thrilling A Pocket Companion to Books from The Simpsons in Alphabetical Order — “Over the last couple of years, French graphic designer Olivier Lebrun has been collecting screenshots of Simpsons episodes that (in one way or other) display books. This compilation assembles his 174 favorites.” -ds
More on art history charts. Discovered this on a recent pilgrimage to the Tate Modern. Tate Artist Timeline is a print version of this large-scale installation by illustrator Sara Fanelli. -jt
the kids are alright: a big crowd of young New Yorkers in the MoMA Library reading room for a Peradam book launch and talk by David Roesing. check out Peradam’s books at http://peradam.info/. -ds
