Tag: 1960s

Ed Ruscha Books & Co at Gagosian Gallery

Ed Ruscha Books & Co At Gagosian Gallery New York (980 Madison Avenue), March 2013 By Sarah Kate Jorgensen Ed Ruscha’s first publication, Twenty Six Gasoline Stations (1963), is a simple 48-page book of black and white photographs. Measuring 7” x 5” and bearing a simple red typeface title on the cover, the book barely hints at its […]

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Yayoi Kusama at the Whitney Museum of Art

Yayoi Kusama: Deconstruction and Discontent July 12- September 30, 2012 by Deborah Johnstone Whitney Museum of American Art The 1960s was a decade of deconstruction as artistic practice was married to the social and political tumult of the era. Art and performance fused and symbolized a commentary on cultural and political conflicts. The environment and […]

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