They Called Her Styrene
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Overview
Perfect for readers who see the inherent humor in the English language, They Called Her Styrene, Etc. is a fun, chunky collection of 500 drawings and paintings by renowned artist Ed Ruscha. The language-based images transcend their apparent randomness, becoming visual icons of universal emotions and places known and imagined. In book form, they combine to create a journey of sorts that's often hilarious, occasionally provocative, and always artfully rendered.Synopsis
Perfect for readers who see the inherent humor in the English language, They Called Her Styrene, Etc. is a fun, chunky collection of 500 drawings and paintings by renowned artist Ed Ruscha. The language-based images transcend their apparent randomness, becoming visual icons of universal emotions and places known and imagined. In book form, they combine to create a journey of sorts that's often hilarious, occasionally provocative, and always artfully rendered.
Bookforum
This nifty little horizontal block of a book is pure Ruscha: grainy color reproductions of 500 cool, luminous images of words...a Whitmanesque catalogue of the quizzical everythingness of existence.