Description:
Two intersecting white lines, labeled "Vine" and "Melrose" on dotted background.

Label Text:
Label text from “The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection,” September 10 – October 12, 2014:
Ruscha presents an abstract urban landscape with a stippled surface, depicting two faint perpendicular lines labeled Vine and Melrose. He charts the intersection of these two major routes in the city of Los Angeles, evoking a street map. The emphasis on materiality through the speckled ink surface recalls the materials used in the urban environment: concrete, asphalt, brick. By depicting simply the names of the streets rather than imagery related to the location, the artist encourages the viewer to find their own personal meaning and associations to the words Vine and Melrose. - Shelby Miner (B.A. ’15)

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