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Twentysix Gasoline Stations is the first artist's book by the American pop artist Ed Ruscha. Published in April 1963 on his own imprint National Excelsior Press, it is often considered to be the first modern artist's book, and has become famous as a precursor and a major influence on the emerging artist's book culture, especially in America.
Twentysix Gasoline Stations. 1963, printed 1969. Not on view. Inspired in part by the “sound of the number ‘26,’” Ruscha gathered twenty-six images of gasoline stations to populate his first artist’s book.
Twentysix Gasoline Stations, a modest publication consisting of black and white photographs with captions, is an iconic artist book. The photographs are of petrol stations, along the highway between Ruscha’s home in Los Angeles and his parent’s house in Oklahoma City.
13 de abr. de 2020 · Ed Ruscha: 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations' (1969) [ This video was made for the show "50 Years of the Photographic Artists' Book, 1968-2018" in the University of Arizona Gross Gallery during...
12 de feb. de 2024 · Explore the analysis of 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations' in 'A Kind of a ‘Huh?’'. Uncover the mysteries behind Ed Ruscha's iconic work.
A review of Ruscha's book of photographs of gas stations along Route 66, and its artistic and cultural significance. The author recounts his personal encounter with the book and its enigmatic structure, and explores its Pop-Minimalist vision of the Road.
His fondness for “the sound of the number 26” 3 led to the conceptualization of his first artist’s book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations. Its title dictated its straightforward premise: 26 snapshots of gasoline stations encountered while on the road between Los Angeles and his hometown of Oklahoma City.
