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Chocolate Room
''Chocolate Room'' is an installation artwork by American artist Edward Ruscha. It consists of a room with walls covered in chocolate Screen printing, screen-printed on sheets of paper. It was first exhibited at the 35th Venice Biennial in 1970, where over the course of the exhibit the chocolate slowly melted, and had anti-war slogans and symbols carved into its sheets. It was closed after attracting large amounts of ants. Since 1995, it has been exhibited more than eight times, and was purchased by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2003 for an estimated US$1.5 million. The smell of the chocolate is a key element of the work. Background Ruscha had previously used unconventional materials in artworks; the year before ''Chocolate Room'' was first exhibited he created an unbound, 75-page book called "Stains", with each page featuring a silk screening of various found materials, including candle-wax, chocolate, Coca-Cola and witch-hazel. Within the context of a book, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Ruscha
Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (, ''roo-SHAY''; born December 16, 1937) is an American artist associated with the anti- pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. He is also noted for creating several artist's books. Ruscha lives and works in Culver City, California. Early life and education Ruscha was born into a Roman Catholic family in Omaha, Nebraska, with an older sister, Shelby, and a younger brother, Paul. Edward Ruscha, Sr. was an auditor for Hartford Insurance Company. Ruscha's mother was supportive of her son's early signs of artistic skill and interests. Young Ruscha was attracted to cartooning and would sustain this interest throughout his adolescent years. Though born in Nebraska, Ruscha lived some 15 years in Oklahoma City before moving to Los Angeles in 1956 where he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now known as the California Institute of the Arts) under Robert Irwin and Emerson Woelffer from 1956 throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
