Royal Road Test
Edward Ruscha, Patrick Blackwell, Mason Williams • Heavy Industry Publications • ISBN-13 978‑1530915934
Royal Road Test
Edward Ruscha, Patrick Blackwell, Mason Williams • Heavy Industry Publications
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ISBN-10: 1530915935 · ISBN-13: 978‑1530915934 · 1967 · 1st Edition
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Royal Road Test documents the intentional destruction of a 1965 Royal typewriter, which was thrown from a moving vehicle onto a desert highway. Through a series of deadpan photographs and technical notations, Edward Ruscha records the debris and the physical aftermath of the event, transforming a violent act into a systematic study of object degradation. The work serves as a quintessential example of the artist's interest in the intersection of mundane American artifacts and conceptual documentation.
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