Ed Ruscha Books & Co

Gagosian Los Angeles

July 28- September 9 2016

 

Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present “Ed Ruscha Books & Co.,” an exhibition of artists' books by and after Ed Ruscha. The exhibition is organized by Gagosian director Bob Monk. In the 1960s, Ruscha was credited with reinventing the artist's book, producing and self-publishing a series of slim volumes of photography and text. By turning away from the craftsmanship and luxury status that typified the livre d'artiste in favor of the artistic idea or concept, expressed simply and in editions that were unsigned and inexpensively printed, Ruscha opened the genre to the possibilities of mass-production and distribution. “Ed Ruscha Books & Co.” presents Ruscha's iconic books together with those of more than one hundred artists from all over the world—from Russia to Japan to the Netherlands—who have responded directly and diversely to his lead. Many books are installed so that viewers can browse their pages. After presentations in New York, Munich and Paris (2013–15) the exhibition run will conclude in Ruscha's home city of Los Angeles.

ARTISTS IN EXHIBITION

Noriko Ambe

Ammany Ahmad

Pascal Anders

Edgar Arceneaux

Eduardo Arias

Eric Baskauskas

Ben Barretto

Luke Batten

Doro Boehme

Jeff Brouws

Joanna Brown

Denise Scott Brown

Wendy Burton

Corrine Carlson

Dan Colen

Julie Cook

Kim Corbel

Jennifer Dalton

Claudia De La Torre

Sergio De La Torre

Jen Denike

Eric Doeringer

Dave Dyment

Frank Eye

Kota Ezawa

Jan Freuchen

Thomas Galler

Anne-Valerie Gasc

Steve Giasson

Oliver Griffin

Daniel S. Guy

Dejan Habicht

Marcella Hackbardt

Sebastian Hackenschmidt

Karen Henderson

Mishka Henner

Trevor Hernandez

Kai-Olaf Hesse

Marla Hlady

Takashi Homma

Dominik Hruza

Steven Izenour

Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson

Charles Johnstone

Gregory Eddi Jones

Rinata Kajumova

Henning Kappenburg

Shohachi Kimura

Sarah Kisner

Joachim Koester

David Kregenow

Hubert Kretschmer

Sowon Kwon

Tanja Lažetic

Gabriel Lester

Giulio Maffei

Jochen Manz

Michael Maranda

Catherine Martin

Matthieu Martin

Scott Mccarney

Mark McEvoy

Jerry Mcmillan

Daniel Mellis

Martin Moll

Dan Monick

Jonathan Monk

Simon Morris

Maurizio Nannucci

Bruce Nauman

Philip Nolde

John O'Brian

Stefan Olah

Matthew Papa

Amy Park

Michalis Pichler

Tadej Podačar

Susan Porteous

Joseph Putrock

Clara Prioux

Hassan Rahim

Achim Riechers

Craig Ritchie

Ed Ruscha

Mark Ruwedel

Tom Sachs

Jonathan Sadler

Zoë Sadokierski

Travis Shaffer

David Schoerner

Andreas Schmidt

Joachim Schmid

Jean-Frédéric Schnyder

Yann Sérandour

Travis Shaffer

Izet Sheshivari

Kim Stringfellow

Chaddy Dean Smith

Eric Sole

Tom Sowden

Derek Sullivan

Yoshikazu Suzuki

Chris Svensson

Aggie Toppins

Marc Valesella

Louisa Van Leer

Robert Venturi

Frank Verdier

Reinhard Voigt

John Waters

Henry Wessel

M. Earl Williams

Keith Wilson

Theo Wujcik

Hermann Zschiegner