Untitled
2003
Acrylic on canvas, 2 parts
137 x 305 cm (53 15/16 x 120 1/16 in.) (each) Overall dimensions: 137 × 611 cm (53 15/16 × 240 9/16 in.)
Composed of two 3.5-meter-long canvas, Ed Ruscha’s work Untitled evokes a cinema screen that is split lengthwise by a ray of light, culminating in the canonical inscription "The End".
Ed Ruscha reproduces here the very recognizable graphics and font of the golden age of Hollywood cinema in a nostalgic black and white painting. The work is a return to a golden age that is now over. It testifies to the artist's taste for the language of popular culture, in particular cinema, the symbol of his city, Los Angeles. Untitled is thus part of the Pop universe that Ruscha developed in the 1960s in California.
This work from the Pinault Collection was exhibited for the first time in 2006 in Venice at Palazzo Grassi for the “Post-Pop” exhibition.
Ed Ruscha reproduces here the very recognizable graphics and font of the golden age of Hollywood cinema in a nostalgic black and white painting. The work is a return to a golden age that is now over. It testifies to the artist's taste for the language of popular culture, in particular cinema, the symbol of his city, Los Angeles. Untitled is thus part of the Pop universe that Ruscha developed in the 1960s in California.
This work from the Pinault Collection was exhibited for the first time in 2006 in Venice at Palazzo Grassi for the “Post-Pop” exhibition.
Exhibitions
© Ed Ruscha
Courtesy the Artist and Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
© Ed Ruscha
© Couvent des Jacobins, photography Aurélien Mole
Vue d’exposition : « Forever Sixties » présentée au Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes, 10 juin – 10 septembre 2023
Courtesy Pinault Collection
Ed Ruscha
Untitled, 2003
© Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha
The End, 1997
© Ed Ruscha
John Baldessari
Arms & Legs (Specif. Elbows & Knees), etc. (Part One): Three Elbows (One Blue), 2007