Compared to the last two artists, Ed Ruscha’s Standard Station is neither a wood cut or an engraving. it’s a screen print and as far as stylization goes it is very stylized. The simplicity of this image is beautiful. There are so few colors used yet they are used in such a way that the image itself stands out. The red Gasoline pumps which would not stand out against the sky, stand out starkly against the beige of the station. This also holds true with the “Standard” Sign, which would be missed amongst the intense orange yet seems so bright in comparison to the blue sky in which it sits.
In Comparison to Standard Station, March Chagall’s Solomon from the Bible is very different. Not only is it a lithograph instead of a screenprint but the images are made up of distinct black lines, whereas Ed Ruscha’s screen print had no lines around his chosen colors. Solomon from the Bible Also lacks that crisp transitioning between colors. Colors don’t end, instead they bleed and blend together to color the piece and without the black outlines it would be difficult to depict the image at all. However, much like Ed Ruscha’s, Chagall’s lithograph is very simple. Both pieces, regardless of colors, are flat, and the lines used in Solomon from the Bible Are used minimally and very simply very much as the colors in Standard Station were used very minimally and simply.
Although it is difficult to say which one is in essence “better” in my mind due to both pieces being so different, I will say that I much prefer the clean-cut simplicity of Ed Ruscha’s colors over the muddled hues in Marc Chagall’s work. I can see how this kind of image would be mark able and easily reproducible and overall “Likable”.
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