Ed Ruscha

PRETTY EYES, ELECTRIC BILLS

About this artwork

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. Ruscha has noted that this work is ”my way of separating two subjects that are on the far end of the world from each other”, and expresses his enjoyment of finding conflict between things.

Updated before 2020

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  • artist:
    Ed Ruscha (born 1937) American
  • title:
    PRETTY EYES, ELECTRIC BILLS
  • date created:
    1976
  • materials:
    Pastel and graphite on paper
  • measurements:
    57.40 x 72.10 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 2008
  • accession number:
    AR00054
  • gallery:
This artwork is part of Artist Rooms
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Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha