Ed Ruscha: Paintings Shapco Printing The project confronts the abuses

The project confronts the abuses of the criminal justice system

from their first meeting in 1981 to Basquiat’s death in 1988

and poet of the Song dynasty

Beverly Hills—the artist’s first exhibition in Los Angeles in nearly twenty years

and their use of color and shape as warning signs

Ed Ruscha: Paintings Shapco Printing The project confronts the abusesThis book was published on the occasion of Ed Ruscha: Paintings at Gagosian, Rome. The exhibition featured ten paintings in which Ruschas signature elements are combined with the visual devices and refined atmosphere of old master paintings to present a dystopian perspective on the classic road trip. In Gators (2014), meticulously rendered images of shredded tires float against a blank white background, while in Bliss Bucket (2014), a mattress with