Ed Ruscha: Industrial Strength

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the completion of Ed Ruscha’s Industrial Strength Sleep, a 23-foot by 9-foot tapestry created at The Fabric Workshop and Museum and based on his 1989 painting of the same name.

In his introductory essay, curator Paul Schimmel explains the artist’s process: “Though Ruscha has consistently pushed the boundaries of his own iconography, which typically comprises concrete words and phrases, it is in fact his range of materials and processes that has characterized the ever-changing and restless nature of his practice.”