EDWARD RUSCHA’S ‘STAINS’ AT MIA

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) presents the exhibition, “Edward and Ruscha: Stains,” on view through November 25.

Edward Ruscha’s “Stains” portfolio, produced and published by the artist in 1969, features a series of 75 sheets of white paper, each bearing a single stain from one of a spectrum of common organic materials, including household products such as Vasoline petroleum jelly, tincture merthiolate, and Liquid Drano; food items such as egg yolk, red wine, and Hershey’s chocolate syrup; and bodily fluids including urine and semen.

The portfolio is housed in a simple black clamshell case, the interior of which has been marked with one additional stain — the blood of the artist.

For more information, www.artsmia.org or 612-870-3131.