Ed Ruscha, born in Omaha, Neb., in 1937, grew up in a devoutly Roman Catholic home. Installation view of Ed Ruscha’s Standard gas stations and photo book, “Every Building on the Sunset Strip.” Color is critical. Ruscha’s first “Annie” painting faithfully reproduces the comic strip’s curvy red typography on a big canvas divided into flatly painted rectangular fields of yellow …
Created by Quinta Brunson, the thirteen-episode show is a masterclass in mockumentary filmmaking and offers a brilliant peek into what lies behind the doors of a staff room. From teachers ganging up on one of their own for not liking pizza, to the principal assuming the new substitute teacher is a stripper, the teachers at Abbott Elementary serve you a …
