ED RUSCHA
ON THE ROAD
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave Parkway - Denver
24/12/2011 - 22/4/2012
This exhibition brings together two great visionaries of art and language—Ed Ruscha and Jack Kerouac. In 1951, Kerouac wrote On the Road on his typewriter as a continuous 120-foot-long scroll, recording his experiences during road trips in the United States and Mexico in the late 1940s.
With its publication in 1957, Kerouac was acknowledged as the leading voice of the Beat Generation. Over the last few years Ruscha has continued to explore his own fascination with the shifting emblems of American life by turning his keen aesthetic sensibility to Kerouac’s classic novel. Having created a limited edition artist book version of On The Road in 2009, Ruscha has created a new body of paintings and drawings inspired by passages in Kerouac’s novel.
Ed Ruscha: On the Road is organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. The exhibition is made possible by a major gift from The Brotman Foundation of California. Generous support is provided by Lannan Foundation, Michael Rubel and Kristin Rey, The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation and Linda and Jerry Janger. Significant local support is provided by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Additional funding is provided by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign. Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4 and The Denver Post.
ON THE ROAD
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave Parkway - Denver
24/12/2011 - 22/4/2012
This exhibition brings together two great visionaries of art and language—Ed Ruscha and Jack Kerouac. In 1951, Kerouac wrote On the Road on his typewriter as a continuous 120-foot-long scroll, recording his experiences during road trips in the United States and Mexico in the late 1940s.
With its publication in 1957, Kerouac was acknowledged as the leading voice of the Beat Generation. Over the last few years Ruscha has continued to explore his own fascination with the shifting emblems of American life by turning his keen aesthetic sensibility to Kerouac’s classic novel. Having created a limited edition artist book version of On The Road in 2009, Ruscha has created a new body of paintings and drawings inspired by passages in Kerouac’s novel.
Ed Ruscha: On the Road is organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. The exhibition is made possible by a major gift from The Brotman Foundation of California. Generous support is provided by Lannan Foundation, Michael Rubel and Kristin Rey, The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation and Linda and Jerry Janger. Significant local support is provided by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Additional funding is provided by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign. Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4 and The Denver Post.
