Inspired by the symmetrical, Jeffersonian layout of the American Pavilion's Neoclassical architecture, and by Thomas Cole's cycle of the same name, Ed Ruscha installed this ten-painting exhibition titled "Course of Empire" at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Five pieces are painted in color and five in black and white. The artist paired each work from his 1992 "Blue Collar" series with a new color canvas depicting the future of the same urban landscape, some deteriorated, some growing and changing, some seemingly gentrifying. The ...
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Inspired by the symmetrical, Jeffersonian layout of the American Pavilion's Neoclassical architecture, and by Thomas Cole's cycle of the same name, Ed Ruscha installed this ten-painting exhibition titled "Course of Empire" at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Five pieces are painted in color and five in black and white. The artist paired each work from his 1992 "Blue Collar" series with a new color canvas depicting the future of the same urban landscape, some deteriorated, some growing and changing, some seemingly gentrifying. The exhibition will travel in 2006 to The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Essays from Linda Norden, the U.S. Commissioner for the Venice Biennale, and artist Frances Stark celebrate the work, while Joan Didion's coolly written but deeply felt piece about her own brokenhearted longing for Los Angeles hits a perfect note.
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(RUSCHA, EDWARD). De Salvo, Donna and Linda Norden, Joan Didion & Frances Stark. COURSE OF EMPIRE: PAINTINGS BY ED RUSCHA. Ostfildern, GERMANY: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (64pp), 10 color illustrations. Text in English and Italian. Designed by Green Dragon Office (Lorraine Wild with Stuart Smith). This is the elegant little catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2005 selection of Ed Ruscha as the representative for the American Pavilion at the fifty-first Venice Biennale. Included are reproductions of each of the ten exhibited large-scale paintings on canvas from his series "Course of Empire", as well as a brief but nifty foreword by the late, great literary icon Joan Didion. A brand new, most handsome example. 3-7757-1654-8 Inventory Number: 026754.
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Fine with no dust jacket. 3775716548. First edition. Fine in oblong printed wrappers. (un-paginated) (5" X 10") Features 10 paintings by Ed Ruscha of which 5 are photographed in color but are monochromatic. The other 5 are in color. Prepared for the United States Pavillion, 51st Venice Biennale, 2005. Joan Didion foreword.; 5" x 10"
