Edward Ruscha
Anamorphic Paintings Exhibition Poster
Specifications:
Offset lithograph
Published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1995
Edition of 500
36 x 20 inches
Exhibition held at Leo Castelli’s April 1st-25th, 1995 The text spells out 'Soapy Smith' Baby Doe"
Ed Ruscha’s expansive oeuvre defies easy categorization, though it’s all infused with a kind of deadpan California cool. Since the 1960s, Ruscha has made photographic books, tongue-in-cheek photo collages, paintings, and drawings that demonstrate a keen interest in language and the idiosyncrasies of life in Los Angeles, where the artist has lived since the 1950s. In his most famous works, he places words and phrases from the colloquial and consumerist vernacular atop photographic images or fields of color—a strategy that situates him within a larger Pop Art lineage.