ARTISTS WHO MAKE "PIECES"
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? Ed Ruscha

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ARTISTS WHO MAKE "PIECES" 1976
  • Artist Rooms
During the mid 1970s Ruscha made a series of drawings in pastel using pithy phrases against fields of colour. The sentences and phrases evoke American vernacular and slang, draw attention to a particular experience, or recall the excesses of Hollywood culture. In a number of these works Ruscha draws attention to his own work and to the practice of other conceptual artists working at the time. Here, he appears to make light of the serious intentions of such artists.

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Conceptual art

Art in which the idea takes precedence over its manifestation in visual form. It emerged in the 1960s and was often concerned with the nature of art and the use of language.

Pastel

A drawing material made from ground pigment bound with enough gum or resin to hold it together in a stick, often smudged on paper to produce soft, atmospheric effects.

Conceptual art, Pastel

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  • Acc. No. AR00057
  • Medium Pastel on paper
  • Size 57.80 x 72.60 cm (framed: 73.00 x 87.00 x 4.00 cm)
  • Credit ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

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