Edward Joseph Ruscha Iv

Place: Omaha

Born: 1937

Biography:

Edward Joseph Ruscha IV, an American artist associated with the pop art movement, has been a significant figure in the art world since the 1960s. Born on December 16, 1937, in Omaha, Nebraska, Ruscha has worked in various media, including painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film.

Early Life and Education

Ruscha was born into a Roman Catholic family with an older sister, Shelby, and a younger brother, Paul. His mother supported his early artistic interests, and he was attracted to cartooning from a young age. Ruscha studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now known as the California Institute of the Arts) under Robert Irwin and Emerson Woelffer from 1956 through 1960.

Artistic Career

Ruscha's artistic career is marked by his association with the Ferus Gallery group, which included artists such as Robert Irwin, John Altoon, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Ken Price, and Edward Kienholz. He achieved recognition for paintings incorporating words and phrases and for his many photographic books, all influenced by the deadpan irreverence of the Pop Art movement.

• His textual, flat paintings have been linked with both the Pop Art movement and the beat generation.
• Ruscha has credited artists such as Jasper Johns, John McLaughlin, H.C. Westermann, Arthur Dove, Alvin Lustig, and Marcel Duchamp as sources of inspiration for his work.
• Some critics see the influence of Edward Hopper's Gas (1940) in Ruscha's 1963 oil painting, Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas.

Southern California Influence

Although Ruscha denies this in interviews, the vernacular of Los Angeles and Southern California landscapes contributes to the themes and styles central to much of Ruscha's paintings, drawings, and books. Examples of this include the publication Every Building on the Sunset Strip (1966), a book of continuous photographs of a two and one half mile stretch of the 24 mile boulevard. Notable Works Some of Ruscha's notable works include:

• Standard Station (1966)
• Large Trademark (1962)
• Hollywood (1982)
• Every Building on the Sunset Strip (1966)

For more information on Edward Joseph Ruscha IV, visit https://Wikioo.org/@/Edward-Joseph-Ruscha-Iv or check out his profile on Wikipedia. To explore more of Ruscha's work, including his paintings and photographic books, visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art or the Getty Museum, which have extensive collections of his art.