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Ed Ruscha, Turbo Tears, 2020

Ed Ruscha

Turbo Tears, 2020
2 Colour Lithograph Hand Printed on Grey Rives BFK
23 5/8 x 29 7/8 in
60 x 76 cm
Edition of 120
Series: Other Editions
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Ed Ruscha’s Turbo Tears is a collision of emotion and velocity, pairing two unlikely words to create a phrase that is both jarring and poetic. Rendered in Ruscha’s clean, authoritative...
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Ed Ruscha’s Turbo Tears is a collision of emotion and velocity, pairing two unlikely words to create a phrase that is both jarring and poetic. Rendered in Ruscha’s clean, authoritative typography, the work fuses the mechanical with the emotional—“turbo” suggesting speed, force, or machinery, while “tears” evokes fragility and sorrow. This contrast gives the piece its tension, typical of Ruscha’s ability to distill complex narratives into deceptively simple language. Turbo Tears reads like a cryptic brand, a song title, or a fleeting thought, inviting viewers to project their own meanings onto the phrase while contemplating the strange poetry of modern life.
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