January 11 - July 12, 2020
Ed Ruscha: Drum Skins will debut a new body of more than a dozen round paintings made between 2017 and 2019 by the pioneering American artist known for his playful use of language. The presentation features text Ruscha painted on found drum heads that he has collected over the past forty years. Informed by memories of the distinctive slang he grew up hearing in Oklahoma, the phrases consist of double negatives such as “I Never Done Nobody No Harm” and “I Ain’t Telling You No Lie.” As Ruscha explains, “I grew up with people that spoke this way.…I was very acutely aware of it and amused by it. It seems like you’d run from incorrect English, but I embraced it. I like seeing it and exposing it.”
On View: January 11, 2020 | 1–5 pm
Lecture: February 19, 2020 | 12:30–1:30 pm
Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
On View: April 14, 2020 | 12:30–1:30 pm
Tour with Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Included with museum admission
Martin Luther King at Congress
Austin, 78701 TX
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