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Land Use Ruscha

Ed Ruscha 
American, b. 1937  

LAND USE, 2022 
Acrylic on linen  

Partial Museum purchase with funds from the Beaux Arts Society Fund for Acquisitions, and the Carolyn A. Hill and Pauline Morrison Ledbetter Collections Endowments; Partial promised gift of Ed and Danna Ruscha  

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Visual Description 

This is a painting, roughly two feet tall and two and a half feet wide, on a raw linen canvas. In the upper left corner is the word ‘LAND’ and in the lower right corner is the word ‘USE,’ both stenciled on with white paint and capitalized.  Each word sits on horizontal lines and casts long, dark shadows that extend across the canvas in different directions.    

 

Extended Label Text 

In LAND USE, artist Ed Ruscha enlarges the words “LAND” and “USE” and places them on their own horizon lines, casting long shadows that stretch across the canvas. The stark white words are stenciled on the almost earthy background of raw linen, their letters taking on a topography of their own. However, the words themselves do not sit uniformly straight; they rise above and dip below their horizon lines. While “land use” is a common term primarily used in agriculture or real estate, Ruscha deliberately separates the two words, creating physical as well as conceptual space between them. 

 

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Ed Ruscha 
Estadounidense, n. 1937   

LAND USE (USO DE LA TIERRA), 2022    
Acrílico sobre lino  

 Compra parcial del museo con fondos del Fondo de Adquisiciones de la Sociedad de Bellas Artes y los Fondos Filantrópicos de las Colecciones Carolyn A. Hill y Pauline Morrison Ledbetter; Obsequio prometido parcial de Ed y Danna Ruscha  

 

Descripción Visual 

Esta es una pintura, de aproximadamente dos pies de alto y dos pies y medio de ancho, sobre un lienzo de lino crudo. En la esquina superior izquierda se encuentra la palabra “LAND” y en la esquina inferior derecha la palabra “USE”, ambas escritas en mayúsculas con pintura blanca y utilizando una plantilla. Cada palabra está colocada sobre líneas horizontales y proyecta largas sombras oscuras que se extienden en diferentes direcciones a lo largo del lienzo. 

 

Texto de Etiqueta Ampliado 

En LAND USE (USO DE LA TIERRA), el artista Ed Ruscha amplía las palabras “LAND” (TIERRA) y “USE” (USO) y las coloca en sus propias líneas del horizonte, proyectando largas sombras que se extienden a lo largo del lienzo. Las palabras en blanco puro están creadas con plantilla sobre un fondo casi terroso de lino crudo, y sus letras adquieren una topografía propia. Sin embargo, las palabras en sí no son uniformes; se elevan por encima y se sumergen por debajo de las líneas del horizonte. Si bien “land use” (uso de la tierra) es un término común utilizado principalmente en agricultura o bienes raíces, Ruscha separa deliberadamente las dos palabras, creando un espacio físico y conceptual entre ellas.

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