Download or read book They Called Her Styrene, Etc. written by Edward Ruscha and published by Phaidon Press Limited. This book was released on 2000-01-10 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American artist Ed Ruscha began making prints and drawings consisting of one word or phrase in the late 1950s and has continued to explore the language-based imagery that has become a hallmark of his work. Pictured here are 500 of his "word" drawings which transcend their apparent randomness to become visual icons of universal emotions and places known and imagined. Full color.