The Amarillo Museum of Art brings pioneering artists together in ‘Stations Words | Bars Cars’ exhibition
The Amarillo Museum of Art (AMoA) is opening an exhibition titled 'Ed Ruscha + Ron Cooper: Stations Words | Bars Cars' on May 30, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Route 66. The show brings together two pioneering California-based artists: Ed Ruscha, a Pop Art progenitor and Guggenheim Fellowship winner known for his word-based prints and iconic painting 'Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas' (1963), and Ron Cooper, a founder of the Light and Space movement and creator of Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal, whose minimalist plexiglass sculptures and vintage car collection reflect the car-based landscape of the open road. The exhibition includes four vintage cars from Cooper's collection, including a 1926 Ford Model T, and explores themes of travel, landscape, and the American West.