{"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\/products\/23-pieces","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}