![]() Fore-edge painting was popular in the 18th century but rarely used today Graphicstudio research encompasses the recapture and revitalization of such technology. ME AND THE and OH NO are fore-edge books, with printing that appears when the gilt edge is fanned one way or another. ![]() The early and late bodies of work share striking similarities in the interplay of word and image and in the exploration of the intersection of fine art and commercial printing techniques, and display an enduring commitment to the artist book form by Ruscha, a pioneer of the artist book movement in the 1960s. ME AND THE and OH NO Thirty years later in 2000-01 Ruscha returned to the atelier, this time for a suite of color photogravures and a limited-edition artist book. Ruscha derived the prints' subject matter and imagery from his artist books of the same titles and they demonstrate the artist's interest in commercial art and typography.
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