Douglas Coupland Text (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. folio. unpaginated. profusely illus. in b/w. (all full-page, double-page or fold-out). cloth. dw. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. W : 286 Seiten/pages woth 400 color reproductions, Leineneinand/clothbound. - The 16 small artist s books Ruscha produced between 1962 and 1978 (Twentysix Gasoline Stations, Various Small Fires, et al.) remain definitive classics of the genre. The texts written especially for Reading Ed Ruscha by Douglas Coupland and W.S. Di Piero explore Ruscha s use of text through the lens of literary and poetic form, while Beatrice von Bismarck, in her essay, examines the book as work, medium of publication and exhibition format. The catalogue s editor, Yilmaz Dziewior, presents an overview of Ruscha s engagement with artist s books and the written word. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, Reading Ed Ruscha includes large-format illustrations of exhibitions and installation views, with 400 images in color.…