12/03/00

Edward Ruscha, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco - Powders, Pressures and Other Drawings

Edward Ruscha: Powders, Pressures and Other Drawings
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
March 16 -  April 29, 2000

John Berggruen Gallery presents an exhibition of drawings by Los Angeles artist, Edward Ruscha. The exhibition includes over thirty early drawings by Edward Ruscha. The works in the show range in date from 1965 to 1981 and displays his unique juxtaposition of words and usual images as well as his superb draftsmanship. These works includes pastel, watercolor, graphite and, the unconventional, gunpowder on paper.

Edward Ruscha has been referred to as one of the most internationally renowned American artists. Edward Ruscha's work is included in numerous public collections including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Gallery, London, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

An illustrated catalogue will be available.

JOHN BERGGRUEN GALLERY
228 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94108
www.berggruen.com