Ed Ruscha: Bow-Tie Rivet Catherine Grenier architecture

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The publication features a two-part essay by curator and critic Jenelle Porter

This poster featuring a drawing from Mark Grotjahn’s Face series (2003–) was produced in 2009

cloaked in shadow or suddenly illuminated by a shaft of daylight

which reflect her responses to the changing appearance of the wide vistas and moving tides

Ed Ruscha: Bow-Tie Rivet Catherine Grenier architectureEd Ruscha created Bow Tie Rivet in collaboration with Universal Limited Art Editions, New York, in 2003. It is from a series of prints titled Bow Tie Landscapes. Printed on heavyweight Somerset velvet paper, it depicts a mirrored image of Californias desert outcroppings overlaid with twin white rivet motifs, pointing inward. Their silhouetted shapes act as positive images, while the landscape behind forms a curious kind of negative space.