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“Pay Nothing Until April,” 2003, by Edward Ruscha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Edward Ruscha is an American fine artist with something significant to say about pop culture and advertising. His work, which sometimes looks like an ad, also has something to teach the makers of pop culture and advertising.<\/p>\n

According to The Tate<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Words and phrases are at the centre of Ed Ruscha\u2019s work and first appear in his paintings as early as 1959. The use of words and text in twentieth century art can first be traced back to cubist<\/a> painters such as Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso who added letters and words, painted and collaged, into still lifes. Playing with language was also central to dada<\/a> artists who left an important legacy with their radical, often humorous use of words.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Words integrated into works of art are something we have seen before, but what does it mean when Ruscha places “banal, consumerist text” on top of awe-inspiring natural imagery (as he does in the painting above<\/a>)? Maybe he simply enjoys playful juxtapositions. Maybe it means commercial language and sparkling peaks are all competing for mindshare in a culture awash in both garbage and stunning beauty.<\/p>\n

Let’s hear it from Ruscha directly.<\/p>\n