Universal Archive. The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia Oct 25, 2008
Standing out among the almost 250 authors represented in the exhibition are Lewis Hine, Walter Ballhause, Alexander Rodchenko, Morris Engel, Andr Kertsz, Weegee, Eugne Atget, Paul Strand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helen Levitt, Walker Evans, Brassa, Robert Doisneau, Bill Brandt, Dorothea Lange, El Lissitzky, Dziga Vertov, Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Edward Steichen, August Sander, Franco Pinna, Francesc Catal-Roca, Ramon Masats, Oriol Maspons, Joan Colom, Xavier... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Critic's corner Oct 23, 2008
McCartney, the clothes designer who also happens to be the daughter of Sir Paul, is paired up tonight with artist Ed Ruscha. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 9 p.m., Channel 4 Murder victims positioned doing chores. (Boston Globe)
Leading Contemporary Artists Donate Work to Raise Funds for the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation Sep 8, 2008
Dale Chihuly, Anthony Goicolea, Ed Ruscha, Ugo Rondinone, David Salle, Richard Serra, Albert Watson Among 100 Artists in Auction to Support Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation ... Artists who will be donating their work include Vito Acconci, Rita Ackermann, John Alexander, Anthony Aziz & Sammy Cucher, John Baeder, Jennifer Bain, Sarah Baley, Michael Behle, Carlos Betancourt, Cecilia Biagini, Beth Block, Ilya Bolotowsky, Andrea Bonfils, Leslie Bostrom, Olaf Breuning, Romero Britto, Lawrie Brown,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Earth in the balance Jul 4, 2008
Adams is someone who talks sincerely (and credibly, I might add) about the importance of "getting out of the car as often as possible" and improving "our friendliness with trees." Ed Ruscha, another senior artist in the show, is a more guarded and troubling figure. His work here, from a 2006 series called "Country Cityscapes," adds a degree of menace that acts as ballast for the chirpier works in the show. (Boston Globe)
McEnroe loves art? You cannot be serious Jun 26, 2008
He has asked the west coast pop artist Ed Ruscha, who makes paintings with words emblazoned on the canvas, to do one with the slogan "You cannot be serious" on it. "That could be awesome," says McEnroe with a glint in his eye and his mouth breaking into a smile. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
All their eggs in one basket May 10, 2008
Southern Exposure includes pieces by relatively well-known artists such as Ed Ruscha, Bill Viola, James Turrell, Chris Burden, Robert Irwin and Vija Celmins, as well as works by younger-generation figures such as Glenn Kaino or Kota Ezawa. As is so often the case with such surveys, the overall impression belongs to the category of "not bad". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A touch of glass Apr 15, 2008
The new Katz wing of the Phoenix Art Museum is an architecturally impressive addition that houses works by Richard Diebenkorn and Ed Ruscha. Our favorite, though, is Yayoi Kusama's light installation in the corner that makes you feel as if you're standing in the middle of the greatest city in the world. (AZCentral -- Home)
THE COOL SCHOOL Mar 28, 2008
The gallery promoted not only Warhol but also such figures as Ed Ruscha, Ed Moses and Kenneth Price - and battled obscenity charges - from 1957 until its closing a decade later. Filmed largely in black and white, "The Cool School" includes interviews with one of the gallery's founders, Ed Kienholz, as well as with Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell and architect Frank Gehry. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The artist paints, sculpts, is exposed Mar 23, 2008
Ed Ruscha and Photography ... Through June 1 It's hard to think of Ed Ruscha as a grand old man of American art. (Boston Globe)
Southern Exposure Mar 21, 2008
Some of the artists are well-known internationally: Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Ed Ruscha and Bill Viola. Others, such as Ezawa, Glenn Kaino and the Torolab collective from Tijuana - the Mexican city on the other side of the border from San Diego - are relative newcomers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A collector's item: art dealer's 125m gift to the nation is ... Feb 29, 2008
REUTERS/Tate and National Galleries of Scotland/Ed Ruscha. "Pay Nothing Until April" - Ed Ruscha, 2003. (Independent)
NYC Auction Raises $42M for AIDS Relief Feb 15, 2008
The auction included pieces donated by dozens of artists, among them Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons and Ed Ruscha. Hirst gave seven of his works, including "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" a pill cabinet filled with medications used to treat HIV. It sold for $7. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Malibu Seen (1) Feb 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Edition. "Museum curator Stephanie Barron has watched the collection grow over the years. "This is a collection that has been built carefully and painstakingly over several decades," Barron says. "Having these works available at LACMA will forever change how future generations of visitors will understand modern art in Los Angeles. (Malibu Times, CA)
AUCTIONS: At Christie's Post-War and Contemporary sale, 3 world records, but danger looms Feb 9, 2008
Richard Prince and Ed Ruscha were the only artists whose relatively recent work fared well on Wednesday night. Prince's "Settlement Nurse," painted in 2003 in the manner of a perfectly figural poster, brought 2. (International Herald Tribune)
L.A.'s Broad museum opens doors Feb 8, 2008
Works by John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns and Richard Rauschenberg dominate the third floor. Some Warhols are tucked behind a wall and easy to miss. (Variety)
A man of few words Feb 6, 2008
Ed Ruscha, one of the creators of pop art, talks to Emma Forrest about earthquakes, inspirations - and the artists he rates today ... At 70 years of age, clean-shaven, with thick white hair and a fine physique, the artist Ed Ruscha is disarmingly handsome ... Interviews are hard with Ed Ruscha, one of the creators of pop art, his work appearing alongside that of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol in the groundbreaking 1962 LA show New Painting of Common Objects. (Guardian Unlimited)
Santa Clara University: de Saisset Museum Features Exhibition of 1960s Art From the Extraordinary Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Collection Jan 19, 2008
Eye on the Sixties includes paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints by artists such as Robert Arneson, Bruce Beasley, Fletcher Benton, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Ronald Davis, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenberg, David Park, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. Wiley. SCU students played an active role in the creation of the exhibition, contributing their own... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Painting gets a broader brush in L.A. Dec 4, 2007
But neither posture prevented Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke in Germany or Ed Ruscha and James Hayward in L.A.from painting up a storm. What actually was dying was not painting but its complement -- a provincial enslavement to the primacy of the New York School. (Los Angeles Times)
Modern Photography Exhibitions Dec 2, 2007
Ed Ruscha and Photography. Some 115 original photographc prints by Pop and conceptual artist Ed Ruscha (b. (Suite101.com)
Art Market Stays Strong at Auctions Nov 16, 2007
Their presence led to runaway prices for contemporary artists long favored by U.S. buyers such as Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince and John Chamberlain. As expected, foreign buyers took home half the sales' offerings, twice as much as they carted away five years ago. (Wall Street Journal)
$325 million Christie's sale reflects buoyant market Nov 14, 2007
The fourth artist inducted by Christie's Tuesday sale into the contemporary art establishment is Ed Ruscha. "Burning Gas Station" is a figural picture done in 1965-1966 in the manner of cinema posters. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Yue Minjun Wins, Damien Hirst Loses at Sotheby's Art Auction in London Oct 13, 2007
New York dealer Larry Gagosian bought works by U.K. artist Francis Bacon and U.S. Pop artists Richard Prince and Ed Ruscha. Buyers were 27 percent British, 19 percent American, 42 percent from continental Europe and 6 percent Asian, Sotheby's said. (Bloomberg -- UK)
London Frieze Art Fair Lures Buyers, Hedge Funds as Bonus Concern Grows Oct 10, 2007
Gagosian has art by London-born Cecily Brown and U.S. pop artists Ed Ruscha and Richard Prince, who also was commissioned by Frieze to make a work based on a 1970s Dodge Challenger car ... California dealer Patrick Painter is asking $200,000 for 30 parking-lot photographs by Ed Ruscha, who has a show on at Gagosian's Davies Street gallery. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Hello, come in, do have a nibble ... Jul 4, 2007
The Hermitage show includes his photographs of 1960s icons Paul Newman, Martin Luther King and Allen Ginsberg, as well as those of leading American artists Warhol, Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and Ed Ruscha. Hopper shot many of those artists before they had even exhibited publicly, let alone become famous. (Guardian Unlimited)
Giants of British art to star in Royal Academy summer show Jun 7, 2007
Hockney's 40ft scenic painting of Yorkshire will form the largest work of the much-heralded collection, while the creations of the former Turner Prize nominees Tracey Emin and Issac Julien will feature alongside American artists Johns, Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg and Chuck Close ... "When you explain the Summer Exhibition to people like Ed Ruscha they just love it," she said. (Independent)
Joe Goode's 'Humansville' is a nice place to visit, but ... Jun 3, 2007
In a career increasingly mapped by the mingling of different media and means of expression, Joe Goode sets off for an inevitable destination in "Humansville. This latest work by the Bay Area's triple-threat choreographer, writer and director lasts only a little over an hour. But for the audience, which spends half that time wandering around a multi-chambered installation and the other half seated for a multimedia performance, this may be Goode's most eventful journey yet. In addition to some... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Seeking a new canvas for Venice art scene May 19, 2007
But a handful of pioneering artists from that raw past including painter Ed Ruscha and painter-sculptor Laddie John Dill are hoping to help create, somewhere on the Westside, a "Venice art colony" where emerging artists and older mentors could work and display their wares ... Other signatories included Ruscha; Alexander; sculptor Robert Graham and actress Anjelica Huston, his wife; painters Ed Moses and Charles Arnoldi; and actor-artist Dennis Hopper. (Los Angeles Times)
Working titles May 5, 2007
The American painter Ed Ruscha is an obvious and acknowledged influence: his work is celebrated for its juxtaposition of words and images; gnomic shout-lines and slogans scroll across the surface of his paintings. Ruscha is pre-eminent among the "cool school" of west coast US artists. (Guardian Unlimited)
An art house revival May 4, 2007
He reached out to former teachers and students such as painter Ed Ruscha, minimalist sculptor Larry Bell and Ojai potter Otto Heino. By 1999, a year after moving in and completing the first round of renovations, Tourje had become a guardian of Chouinard's history, the house his chief artifact. (Los Angeles Times)
'Pop' exhibition pulls viewer into 1960's Apr 5, 2007
Though many of the works are reproductions, the exhibit notably boasts works from renowned artists, such as Andy Wharhol and Ed Ruscha, and each piece builds thematically from the prior one. Toward the beginning of the exhibition is a flood of bold and colorful sculptures and mixed-media projects by Robert Indiana and Allan D'Arcangelo. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Green clashes with design in S.F. tower Mar 21, 2007
The elevators stop only on every third floor and open onto attractive three-story sky lobbies enlivened by large-scale artworks by Ed Ruscha. The idea is to make people walk at least a bit during the day and give them a chance to see and talk with employees on other floors. (Los Angeles Times)
Speaking volumes about their work Mar 19, 2007
Maybe he was thinking of photographs of Los Angeles parking lots by Ed Ruscha , the godfather of deadpan photography books. Three of Ruscha's small paperback picture books, devoted respectively to palm trees, cacti, and vinyl records, are also in the show. (Boston Globe)
Empty photographs, yet filled with life Mar 15, 2007
Second, the show reveals the way in which Baxter was a kindred soul to other better known American photographers in the emerging conceptual tradition, figures such as Stephen Shore and Ed Ruscha. Like the writer Jack Kerouac, these artists recorded the new landscape of the automobile and their experience of it, traversing North America's newly opened spaces with a sense of sociological inquiry. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Reading Between the Pixels Mar 14, 2007
My favorite image plays, intentionally or not, on Ed Ruscha s famous Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, with trucks at night at a brightly lit Exxon station. Like much of the biennial s most compelling art it uses the language of earlier movements and media to question the values that are embedded in the things we take for granted, whether it s at the level of pixels or pickups. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Original prints merit more than a glance Mar 3, 2007
Contemporary Prints from Graphicstudio" created at the renowned Graphicstudio on the campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa.The exhibition has original prints from huge names in the contemporary art world: Nancy Graves, Roy Lichtenstein, RobertMapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, Chuck Close, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha, Judy Chicago, James Rosenquist, William Wegman, Jurgen Partenheimer, Ibrahim Miranda and Lesley Dill.These artists and more impressive names have made... (Florida Today)
'Not for sale,' a New York show for artists' personal favorites Feb 13, 2007
The works range from small, very personal- seeming drawings (Ed Ruscha, Chris Burden) to fully realized paintings (Alex Katz, Eric Fischl, Dana Schutz) to machine-developed black-and-white pictures (Stephen Shore) to huge sculpture and installation work a testament to the desire to hold on to something, or at least to an impressive amount of storage space. The biggest piece in the show is a Mark di Suvero sculpture from 1978, called "She," that is 55 feet, or nearly 17 meters, tall and... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Search for modern life's moral clarity unites two painters Jan 25, 2007
Mixing the conceptualism of Marcel Duchamp and the semi-Pop, illustrative styles of Jasper Johns and Ed Ruscha , Drennen creates amalgams of abstraction, representation, and collage that meditate on celebrity, the mass media, and virtual reality. On the face of it, these two artists would seem to be working opposite ends of the cultural spectrum. (Boston Globe)
