Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha (b.1937) is a multidisciplinary artist blending Pop Art and Conceptual art to form unique works featuring the art of typography and text. Ruscha was born in 1937 in...
Ed Ruscha (b.1937) is a multidisciplinary artist blending Pop Art and Conceptual art to form unique works featuring the art of typography and text. Ruscha was born in 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska and after completing high school, he moved to Los Angeles to dive into the developing art scene. From 1956 to 1960, Ruscha studied at the California Institute of the Arts, formerly known as the Chouinard Art Institute. One of Ruscha’s biggest inspirations is the essence of Los Angeles and surrounding counties of Southern California, which remained one of the themes of his work until today. Using photography, painting, graphic design and countless other mediums, Ruscha became one of the influencers of the Conceptual art movement in the United States and inspired a generation of conceptual artists. His work is in many collections such as that of the Gagosian, the Getty, the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.