Artists' book / parody of Edward Ruscha's classic artists' book "Twentysix Gasoline Stations." "Pichler's version offers a more modern update, examining twenty-six German gas stations all owned by the same company and all displaying the same signage and architectural elements. At first glance, all twenty-six images appear to depict the same pristine and brightly-colored generic structure. Only upon further examination, aided by Pichler's captions, does the reader get the full extent of the joke, which is punctuated by the book's final image: a disembodied hand holding an excerpt from a 1969 interview with Ruscha in which he explains 'the eccentric stations were the first ones I threw out.'" -- publisher's statement.
