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| Record | |
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In 2006 I was contacted by Hermann Zschiegner, an architect and artist living in New York who also shares my obsession with Ed Ruscha’s books. We arranged to meet up with and exchange our own tribute books. We talked about our love of the Ruscha originals and how much of an influence they are to us, other artists and also architects. He showed me some other Ruscha-style books he had collected and we discussed the possibility of putting together an exhibition of these and similar books. I am now searching for books made in homage to Ruscha in Europe and he is searching for books that he can find in North America. After some consideration we came up with the title of the exhibition, Follow-ed. The collection and quest for more books continues. Some of the books are obtained because we can see a link, not knowing if the artist has been consciously trying to replicate Ed Ruscha. Most of the books are direct references to the style or subject-matter of Ruscha’s originals. The one overriding factor is that they all contain an element of humour reminiscent of Ruscha. I still get really excited with each new discovery. I am hoping soon that we will have enough books for a dedicated show and be able to present the entire collection at venues in both the UK and the USA. We will preview a large selection of the books at the Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art in the UK from January to March 2011 alongside Winchester’s collection of the Ruscha originals. I am still keen to hear of any Ruscha-style books that you may have made or know about. Please get in contact. |
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I am an artist who works across a number of disciplines and who (nearly) always references the work of Ed Ruscha. At some point in the future this will stop, but for now I’m still enjoying myself. If you would like more information on my work or to buy anything, please contact me using the email address in the contact section of this website. Shortly many of my books will be available on lulu.com. Please come back soon to get the link. I would also love to hear from you if you also make work, and particularly artists’ books, in the style of Ed Ruscha. |
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tom.sowden@blueyonder.co.uk +44 (0)7732 180334 |
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