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Gagosian is pleased to present Ed Ruscha: Talking Doorways at the rue de Castiglione gallery from October 22 to December 3. In the new paintings on view, Ruscha shifts from the representation of public-facing façades to the quiet drama of private interiors. Talking Doorways coincides with Says I, to Myself, Says I, an exhibition of another series of works by Ruscha at Gagosian’s Davies Street gallery in London, which is on view from October 14 to December 19.

Over six decades, Ruscha has frequently returned to architecture and infrastructure as a subject, depicting gas stations, apartment buildings, parking lots, museums, houses, and industrial sites as seen from the street and the air. The paintings of Talking Doorways move for the first time from exteriors to interiors, using subtle gradients of stippling to depict rooms that are bare except for decorative molding and doorframes. In addition, each work features a doorway through which a painted phrase appears, crossing the threshold and accompanied by trailing linear bands that suggest both beams of light and the soundwaves of spoken words.

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Veil and Vault

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Front cover of Ruthie Rogers and Ed Ruscha: Squeeze Me: Lemon Recipes & Art book

Ruthie Rogers and Ed Ruscha: Squeeze Me: Lemon Recipes & Art

$45
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$1,500
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Crash Poster Box Set

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Cover of 4 × 6: Zeichnungen von Edward Ruscha rare book

4 × 6: Zeichnungen von Edward Ruscha

$1,000
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Ed Ruscha: This One

$10,000
Ed Ruscha: Voice Mail White print

Ed Ruscha: Voice Mail White

$15,000
Ed Rusha: Voice Mail Black print

Ed Ruscha: Voice Mail Black

$15,000
Ed Ruscha: Turbo Tears print

Ed Ruscha: Turbo Tears

$15,000