http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95046/double-standard-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Double Standard: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95046/double-standard-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95046/double-standard-gallery-label-current Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Double Standard: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2002-04-08</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>In 1962 Ruscha produced a book called <i>Twentysix Gasoline Stations</i>, a collection of deadpan documentary photographs he made of gas stations along Route 66 between Los Angeles and his hometown of Oklahoma City. Later he produced a painting and several screenprints based on the photographs. Like many of Ruscha's works,<i>Double Standard</i> has a punning title. The Standard sign urges you to buy your gas here, but it has other connotations--"the model against which others should be measured," for example, and "mediocre or commonplace." The title <i>Double Standard</i>--deriving from the crossed signs--suggests unfairness, especially in judging male and female behavior. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95046/double-standard-gallery-label-current In 1962 Ruscha produced a book called Twentysix Gasoline Stations, a collection of deadpan documentary photographs he made of gas stations along Route 66 between Los Angeles and his hometown of Oklahoma City. Later he produced a painting and several screenprints based on the photographs. Like many of Ruscha's works,Double Standard has a punning title. The Standard sign urges you to buy your gas here, but it has other connotations--"the model against which others should be measured," for example, and "mediocre or commonplace." The title Double Standard--deriving from the crossed signs--suggests unfairness, especially in judging male and female behavior." type="image/jpeg" />In 1962 Ruscha produced a book called Twentysix Gasoline Stations, a collection of deadpan documentary photographs he made of gas stations along Route 66 between Los Angeles and his hometown of Oklahoma City. Later he produced a painting and several screenprints based on the photographs. Like many of Ruscha's works,Double Standard has a punning title. The Standard sign urges you to buy your gas here, but it has other connotations--"the model against which others should be measured," for example, and "mediocre or commonplace." The title Double Standard--deriving from the crossed signs--suggests unfairness, especially in judging male and female behavior." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts