{"title":"Allen Ruppersberg","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"24-pieces","title":"24 Pieces","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike other prominent artists of his generation, including Noah Purifoy and Ed Ruscha, Allen Ruppersberg was trained at the Chouinard Art Institute. A pioneer of Conceptual art, he has divided his time between Los Angeles and New York, crystallizing a practice spanning painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and artists’ books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second in a numerical series, “24 Pieces” is illustrated with twenty-four black-and-white photographs of hotel interiors in Los Angeles, most of them in Hollywood, paired with unexpected urban juxtapositions. Each photographic tandem is followed by a blank double-page spread, creating a visual rhythm throughout the book. Designed by Gary Krueger, who also took the photographs, this spare artist’s book is characteristic of Ruppersberg’s minimal practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn dialogue with Ruppersberg’s earlier “23 Pieces”, this publication offers a psychogeographical perspective on Los Angeles at a defining moment in the history of Conceptual art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244968923475,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/24pieces.png?v=1783599649"},{"product_id":"23-pieces","title":"23 Pieces","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormed, like other prominent artists of his generation, including Noah Purifoy and Ed Ruscha, at the Chouinard Art Institute, Allen Ruppersberg has divided his time between Los Angeles and New York. A pioneer of Conceptual art, his practice spans painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and artists’ books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart of a numerical series, “23 Pieces” gathers twenty-three black-and-white photographs of places in and around Los Angeles, including Griffith Park, the Century Plaza Hotel, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, and the Hasty Tasty Sandwich Shop. Spiral-bound and without text, this minimal artist’s book is characteristic of Ruppersberg’s practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSlightly performative in nature, with the artist himself appearing intermittently throughout its pages, “23 Pieces” functions as a psychogeographical study of Los Angeles in 1969, a pivotal year for Conceptual art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245204525395,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/23pieces.png?v=1783602289"}],"url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/collections\/allen-ruppersberg.oembed","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}