Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show "The Museum as Site : Sixteen Projects," the second exhibtion in the two-part exhibition "Art in Los Angeles," held July 21 - October 4, 1981. Curated by Stephanie Barron. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held November 29, 1974 - February 9, 1975. Curated and with a text by Janet A. Flint. Artists include Terry Allen, John Altoon, Robert Bechtle, Joe Goode, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha, Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February 17 - March 14, 1981. Texts by Laurence Dreiband, Peter Plagens, Michael Kurcfeld, and Walter Gabrielson. Artists include Laurence Dreiband, Walter Gabrielson, Peter Plagens, Lita Albuquerque, Peter Alexander, Martha Alf, Chuck Arnoldi, Don Bachardy, Joel Bass, Billy Al Bengston, Tony Berlant, Doug Bond, Paul Brach, William Brice, Jerrold Burchman, Carole Caroompas, Karen Carson, Judy Chicago, Max Cole, Ron Cooper, Mary Corse, Ron Davis, James DeFrance, Tony DeLap, Richard Diebenkorn, Laddie Dill, Paul Dillon, Dan Douke, Bruce Everett, Llyn Foulkes, Sam Francis, Joe Goode, Scott Grieger, D. ... [details]
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September - October 1981 issue of Journal Contemporary Art Magazine, edited by Bridget Johnson. Contents include: "David Salle Interview," by Peter Schjeldahl; "Knud Merrild: To Be Transformed in the Flux," by Susan Ehrlich; "Pastel, Juice and Gunpowder: The Pico Iconography of Ed Ruscha," by Robert C. ... [details]
Edward Ruscha's first artist's book - and by far his best known title. Features black-and-white photographs of gasoline stations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas captioned in all caps text with the name of the gas station pictured and it's location. [details]
1941 copy of a National Excelsior Daily Journal. This journal is the same type of day journal used by Ed Ruscha as a sketchbook, diary, documenting his early works. Ruscha would also appropriate the journal's name, National Excelsior, as the name of his own publishing imprint for his first artist's book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 27 - April 21, 1968. Introductory text:
"I felt right proud when my son, Edward, and friend Joe asked me to write an introduction to the catalogue.
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June/July 1979 issue of Journal. Edited by Debra Burchett and Bridget Johnson. Contents include: "For An Art Against the Mythology of Everyday Life," by Martha Rosler; "Exploring the Mathematical Option in Art," by Bernar Venet; "No Money Back Anytime," by Kristine Stiles; "A Diamond is Forever," by Gregory Battcock; "Chymical Wedding," by Carole Caroompas; "To Pico," by Peter Schjeldahl; "Conceptual Art and the Continuing Quest for a New Social Context," by Robert Morgan; "The Level of Water," by Lawrence Weiner; "A The A The," by Alan Sondheim; "Conceptual Comments," by Douglas Huebler; "On Art Writing/Part I," by Clair Wolfe; "L Three Leers/W Three Whys," by John Baldessari; "Media: TeleVisions," by Christopher Knight; "The Dinner Party," by Melinda Wortz; "With a Dinner Party You Get Cheerleaders," by Suzanne Muchnic; "Photographs from the Dinner Party," by Ruth Askey; "The Chelsea Girls Return," by David James; "Photography: Two Photographic Books: Speaking About the Process of Making," by James Hugunin; "Painting: Back to Back," by Melinda Wortz. ... [details]
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January/February 1979 issue of the periodical "Journal." Edited by Jim Moisan, Debra S. Burchett, and Bridget Reak-Johnson. Contents include: "Why Is That Photographer Working in the Graveyard?" by Dody W. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA, August 26 - October 26, 1997. Traveled to The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, November 22, 1997 - February 22, 1998; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, March 25 - May 31, 1998; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, June 27 - August 23, 1998; Frederick R. ... [details]
