Ed Ruscha: Turbo Tears Susan Burton and Höller is fascinated by

and Höller is fascinated by the idea that it may have played a role in the development of shamanism

the connotation of durability in the first term contrasts with the implication of change in the second

The title is derived from a song by the Eagles that features a cowhand whose tortured imagination invites comparison with the struggles of an artist

“I thus made a voyage while staying in place

Ed Ruscha: Turbo Tears Susan Burton and Höller is fascinated byThis two color lithograph by Ed Ruscha depicts the phrase TURBO TEARS in red capital letters against a gray ground covered with a field of orange specks. The ink appears to have been smeared, lending an impression of rapid motion as if the words were speeding toward the right of the sheetan effect appropriate to the subjects evocation of Los Angeless automotive culture. The work was included in the group portfolio Tate 21st, released as a boxed set by