Ed Ruscha: Hollywood / Vine Parely for the Oceans titled “I cannot sell you

titled “I cannot sell you this painting

This book was published on the occasion of Richard Artschwager at Gagosian

from Futurism and cinematic montage to the shaped canvases introduced by Lichtenstein’s contemporaries in the 1960s

masklike face and ill-fitting shoes

” an essay by art historian Richard Calvocoressi

Ed Ruscha: Hollywood / Vine Parely for the Oceans titled “I cannot sell youIn his Petro Plots suite of prints (2001)the title plays on the idea of petroglyphs or rock paintingsEd Ruscha depicts aerial views of famous Los Angeles intersections embedded into stone surfaces, referencing the geological diversity of the Southern California landscape. This example depicts the meeting of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, which became known in the 1920s for its concentration of movie related businesses and is at the center of the