Edward Ruscha
Edward Ruscha
Edward Joseph Ruscha IVis an American artist associated with the pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. Ruscha lives and works in Culver City, California...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth16 December 1937
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
new-york anxiety would-be
Perhaps there would be more anxiety in my work if I lived in New York.
artist survival streets
Most artists are doing basically the same thing - staying off the streets.
flower boss utterance
When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase.
book interesting matter
My pictures are not that interesting, nor the subject matter. They are simply a collection of facts; my book is more like a collection of Ready-mades.
photography artist facts
The fact that few painter-fine-artists used photography in their work made it appealing.
anxiety modern-life speed
The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life.
real want way
Yes, there's a certain power to a photograph. The camera has a way of disorienting a person, if it wants to and, for me, when it disorients, it's got real value.
dark california taught
I was raised with the Bible Belt mentality, and by coming to California, I came out of this dark place and unlearned a lot of things I'd been taught.
inspiration
I travel a lot, but I don't come away with new inspiration.
agendas social
I have no social agenda with my work. I'm deadpan about it.
tvs watches fabric
I don't watch TV, so I feel like I'm left out of the American fabric or something.
media may kind
I don't do social media of any kind. If I did, I may as well join Scientology.
weakness heroic artistic
All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery.
art opportunity rare-occasion
There was no hope for any kind of big opportunity. I'm not saying it was hopeless. The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was never any notion that you could make a living out of art. On the rare occasions you had a gallery show, and sold a little work, well, that was just gravy.