Ed Ruscha's exploration of language and American West Coast culture centred on Hollywood has made him one of the pre-eminent artists of his generation. Since the early 1960s he has channelled his fascination with words and the act of communication into books, print-making, photography, drawing and painting. TateShots went to meet him at his studio in Los Angeles.
◇ TateShots: Ed Ruscha's photography books - YouTube
Ed Ruscha talks about the cultural curiosities which fill his photography book series.
He explains he "had no real agenda or message" when photographing the swimming pools, gas stations and parking lots of Los Angeles yet found an artistic value and new perspective in shooting the scenes from above.
◇ ED RUSCHA Books & Co. at Gagosian Gallery Madison Avenue (5th Floor) - YouTube
"ED RUSCHA Books & Co."
March 5--April 27, 2013
Gagosian Gallery Madison Avenue, New York
© Ed Ruscha
Video by Trebuchet Interactive www.trebuchetweb.com
◇ "In Focus: Ed Ruscha" at the Getty - YouTube
The work of Ed Ruscha stands at the intersection of Pop Art and conceptual art.
◇ Ed Ruscha "Me and The" Graphicstudio fore-edge book - YouTube
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◇ Ed Ruscha interview, Moderna Museet - Del/Part - YouTube
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◇ Ed Ruscha speaks about his prints - YouTube
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◇ Ed Ruscha's Hollywood Boulevard, 1973 and 2002 (Modern Architecture in Los Angeles) - YouTube
Artist Ed Ruscha's fascination with the vernacular architecture of Los Angeles began over fifty years ago and continues to this day. In the 1960s, Ruscha started documenting the building facades along the city's major roads by taking continuous photographs with a 35mm camera mounted to a moving vehicle. His first related publication, "Everything Building on the Sunset Strip" (1966), captures an extensive stretch of the famous thoroughfare. The Streets of Los Angeles Archive, now preserved at the Getty Research Institute, includes Ruscha's comprehensive views of avenues throughout the region.
Special thanks to: Mary Dean, Ed Ruscha, and the Ed Ruscha studio.
Video: Edward Ruscha Streets of Los Angeles Archive, Getty Research Institute, © Ed Ruscha.
This video is part of Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., a Getty initiative that brings together local cultural institutions for a wide-ranging look at the postwar built environment of Los Angeles, from its famous residential architecture to its vast freeway network, revealing the city's development and ongoing global impact in new ways.
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