Words Without Thought Never to Heaven Go: Edward Ruscha, Lannan Museum

Words Without Thought Never to Heaven Go: Edward Ruscha, Lannan Museum

Edward Ruscha • Lannan Foundation

ISBN-10: 0810924056 · ISBN-13: 978‑0810924055 · 1990 · 1st Edition

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This catalog documents the 1990 exhibition at the Lannan Museum, focusing on Edward Ruscha’s exploration of the intersection between language and visual representation. Through a selection of paintings and works on paper, the volume examines how Ruscha isolates words from their traditional contexts to transform them into iconic, graphic subjects. The publication serves as a critical record of his minimalist aesthetic and his enduring influence on the development of contemporary conceptual practice.

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