Just got back from Ed Ruscha at the Hayward. Great stuff. He started off working as an illustrator but later developed typography. Bold oil on canvas, but he also used elements of the subjects he is painting, such as Pepto-Bismal. Strong elements of Americana, empty buildings, and quite "filmic". Some of the messages are the subject themselves, e.g. "Words without thoughts never to heaven go" (from Hamlet). Later work included landscapes and sunsets with words/phrases etched out on the canvas.
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