Edward Ruscha 1937
Lives in Los Angeles, Californië. Works in Los Angeles, Californië.
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Edward Ruscha is a key figure in American art of the second half of the twentieth century. Based in Los Angeles since the 1960s, he explores the everyday and the urban landscape: highways, buildings, and words as image. With iconic artist books such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963) and screenprints like Standard Station (1966), he captured the banality of America with cool precision and subtle irony.
Ruscha positions himself at the intersection of conceptual art, pop, and minimalism. He places language alongside image, investigates typography and meaning, and reveals the poetry and tension within the ordinary. His work continues to influence generations of artists and offers a sharp, critical commentary on the visual and cultural landscape of the United States.
Ruscha positions himself at the intersection of conceptual art, pop, and minimalism. He places language alongside image, investigates typography and meaning, and reveals the poetry and tension within the ordinary. His work continues to influence generations of artists and offers a sharp, critical commentary on the visual and cultural landscape of the United States.
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Edward Ruscha (b. 1937, Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
Education
1956–1960: Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023: Now Then, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2021: Ed Ruscha: Text and Image, Tate Modern, London, UK
2019: Los Angeles to the West, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2016: Ed Ruscha: Books & Prints, The Broad, Los Angeles, CA
2013: Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2010: Ed Ruscha: Works on Paper, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022: California Pop, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2018: Conceptual Art in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2015: Pop Art and the Urban Landscape, Tate Liverpool, UK
2012: Artists in L.A.: 1960–1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Tate Modern, London, UK
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Broad, Los Angeles, CA
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Artist Books and Key Publications
Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963)
Every Building on the Sunset Strip (1966)
Standard Station (1966)
Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass (1968)
Royal Road Test (1967)
These publications exemplify Ruscha’s investigation of the banal, language as image, and the urban landscape as conceptual subject.
Awards and Honors
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1970
Skowhegan Medal for Painting, 1985
Honorary Doctorate, California Institute of the Arts, 2000
Representation
Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles / New York / London
Sprüth Magers, Berlin / London / Los Angeles
Education
1956–1960: Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023: Now Then, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2021: Ed Ruscha: Text and Image, Tate Modern, London, UK
2019: Los Angeles to the West, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2016: Ed Ruscha: Books & Prints, The Broad, Los Angeles, CA
2013: Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2010: Ed Ruscha: Works on Paper, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022: California Pop, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2018: Conceptual Art in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2015: Pop Art and the Urban Landscape, Tate Liverpool, UK
2012: Artists in L.A.: 1960–1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Tate Modern, London, UK
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Broad, Los Angeles, CA
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Artist Books and Key Publications
Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963)
Every Building on the Sunset Strip (1966)
Standard Station (1966)
Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass (1968)
Royal Road Test (1967)
These publications exemplify Ruscha’s investigation of the banal, language as image, and the urban landscape as conceptual subject.
Awards and Honors
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1970
Skowhegan Medal for Painting, 1985
Honorary Doctorate, California Institute of the Arts, 2000
Representation
Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles / New York / London
Sprüth Magers, Berlin / London / Los Angeles
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