Ed Ruscha: That Was Then This Is Now Valerie Balint ” explains the artist

” explains the artist

The process of looking is one of putting things together to create your own structure within the image and also seeing that structure fall apart

which shares the story’s title

this publication—limited to 500 copies—is a facsimile of the artist’s book of Five Day Wait at Jiayuguan

As You Wish

Ed Ruscha: That Was Then This Is Now Valerie Balint ” explains the artistThis Was Then This Is Now is a lithograph by Ed Ruscha published by Vermillion Editions Limited. The titular phrase is rendered in Boy Scout Utility Modern, an unembellished typeface of the artists own design, and set in stark white over a stormy sky of layered gray tones printed with thirteen different plates. The dramatic light and celestial atmosphere of the backdrop suggest the credits of a vintage film, imbuing the familiar motto with a sense of