Issue No.
106
Ed Ruscha
May, 2008
Cover:
Ed Ruscha, Boss, 1961, oil on canvas, 71 1/8 x 67 1/8". Photograph courtesy Edward Ruscha Studio, Venice, California.My grandmother was born here, in Canada, in 1893. She was almost 100 years old when she died. In the course of her almost century-long life I don’t think she ever acquired a camera,...
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