Ed Ruscha
| Start | 07.07.2012 |
| End | 14.10.2012 |
| Interval | Einmalig |
| Category | Events |
There is scarcely anybody who has captured artistically the American way of life as it was on the West Coast in the 1960s in such an apt and characteristic way than Ed Ruscha, who was born in 1937. His paintings on canvas, in which he has placed individual words or sentences on monochrome or chromatically graduated back grounds in such a way that they seem to hover magically in front, are the most well-known. No less popular are his works with motifs from landscape and architecture.
In contrast to this exhibition, the KUB is showing not just one medium, but a wide spectrum, starting with photographs, through painting to his books. In doing so, the focus is on a theme that is close at hand, but up until now has not been extensively considered, namely, the significance that can be ascribed in his oeuvre to the act of ‘reading.’ The spectacular climax of the Bregenz presentation will surely be the new paintings done by Ed Ruscha especially for this exhibition.
