The Art of the Word
I swear Ed Ruscha stole my ideas and time travelled back to the past to act like he came up with it first. But seriously, I don't think an artist has captured my artistic vision as completely and accurately as Ed Ruscha. This is exactly the type of work that my art has begun to transform into. I'm particularly intrigued by his use of fonts and their clean edges. A likely divergence that my art will likely take from his though is the use of images behind the words. I'm inclined to paint the backgrounds as well in comparison to the photographic nature of his works. A big question that I probably need to research further then is where did he obtain his images. I wonder if he is also partly a photographer or did he appropriate the background images. Howevere, overall, I'm particularly impressed by the synergy we both seem to share.