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Ed Ruscha — Oxford, Beverly, Western
Ed Ruscha

Oxford, Beverly, Western

Two bold, street names — Oxford, Beverly, Western — are rendered in Ed Ruscha's signature cool, detached typography across a diptych lithograph, evoking the grid-like anonymity of Los Angeles's urban landscape. The stark, matter-of-fact presentation of ordinary street names transforms mundane civic language into a quiet meditation on place, identity, and the poetic potential embedded in everyday signage.

Medium
Diptych lithograph, on thick wove paper, the full sheets,

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Evening & Day Editions

January 22, 2015

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Ed Ruscha, Oxford, Beverly, Western

Two bold, street names — Oxford, Beverly, Western — are rendered in Ed Ruscha's signature cool, detached typography across a diptych lithograph, evoking the grid-like anonymity of Los Angeles's urban landscape. The stark, matter-of-fact presentation of ordinary street names transforms mundane civic language into a quiet meditation on place, identity, and the poetic potential embedded in everyday signage.

Medium
Diptych lithograph, on thick wove paper, the full sheets,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold, Conceptual, American, Text-Based, Diptych, Pop Art, Lithograph, Black and White, Words, Contemporary

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Alex Capecelatro