{"product_id":"various-small-books","title":"Various Small Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRiffs, revisions, knockoffs, and homages: artists pay tribute to Ed Ruscha's famous photo-conceptual small books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1960s and 1970s, the artist Ed Ruscha created a series of small photo-conceptual artist's books, among them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTwentysix Gasoline Stations, Various Small Fires, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, Thirtyfour Parking Lots, Real Estate Opportunities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Few Palm Trees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Featuring mundane subjects photographed prosaically, with idiosyncratically deadpan titles, these “small books” were sought after, collected, and loved by Ruscha's fans and fellow artists. Over the past thirty years, close to 100 other small books that appropriated or paid homage to Ruscha's have appeared throughout the world. This book collects ninety-one of these projects, showcasing the cover and sample layouts from each along with a description of the work. It also includes selections from Ruscha's books and an appendix listing all known Ruscha book tributes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese small books revisit, imitate, honor, and parody Ruscha in form, content, and title. Some rephotograph his subjects: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThirtyfour Parking Lots, Forty Years Later\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Some offer a humorous variation: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVarious Unbaked Cookies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (which concludes, as did Ruscha's Various \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmall Fires\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with a glass of milk), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTwentynine Palms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (twenty-nine photographs of palm-readers' signs). Some say something different: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNone of the Buildings on Sunset Strip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Some reach for a connection with Ruscha himself: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e17 Parked Cars in Various Parking Lots Along Pacific Coast Highway Between My House and Ed Ruscha's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith his books, Ruscha expanded the artist's field of permissible subjects, approaches, and methods. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVARIOUS SMALL BOOKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, various artists pay tribute to Ed Ruscha and extend the legacy of his books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 288\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 6.25 x 1.34 x 9.31 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Congress Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056225009907,"sku":"SMLBOOKS-LPP","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/7432\/5312\/files\/various_sml_books.jpg?v=1749320454","url":"https:\/\/letterpressplay.mom\/products\/various-small-books","provider":"Letterpress PLAY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}