Edward Ruscha
Edward "Ed" Joseph Ruscha (pronounced " Ruschee ", born December 16, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American painter, printmaker, photographer and filmmaker. He was known primarily for his work in painting and printmaking.
Life
He attended the Chouinard Art Institute in 1956 in Los Angeles and had his first solo exhibition in 1963 at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
Starting in 1962, he published photo books in runs from 400 to 2000 copies. In the imagery was for Ruscha among others, the American photographer Walker Evans a role model. Parallel trends there with Robert Frank, successor in Bernd and Hilla Becher.
Exhibitions
- Until 26 November 2006, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne was organized by New York's Whitney Museum exhibition titled " Ed Ruscha. Photographer".
- 2011: Ed Ruscha: Road Tested, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- 2013: Ed Ruscha. Books and pictures. Museum Brandhorst, Munich, catalog.
Awards
2001 Ruscha was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2004 Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In addition to numerous national and international awards Ed Ruscha received from Germany on September 2, 2006 Culture Prize of the German Society for Photography ( DGPh ) at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne awarded.
Works
Pictures
A chronological overview of all pictures of Edward Ruscha is now published in a comprehensive five-volume catalog raisonné since 2004.
Ruscha wrote in the period 1963-1978 16 artists' books:
- Twenty-six Gasoline Stations, Los Angeles: Self-published 1963 (400 numbered copies )
- Various Small Fires and Milk, Los Angeles: Self-published in 1964
- Some Los Angeles Apartments, Los Angeles: Self-published, 1965
- Every Building on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles: Self-published, 1966
- Royal Road Test, Los Angeles: Self-published in 1967
- Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, Los Angeles: Self-published in 1967
- Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass, Los Angeles: Self-published in 1968
- Business Cards, Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1968 ( with Billy Al Bengston )
- Crackers, Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969 ( with Mason Williams)
- Stains, Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications 1969
- Real Estate Opportunities, Los Angeles: Self-published in 1970
- Babycakes with Weights, New York: Multiples, Inc. 1970
- A Few Palm Trees, Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications 1971
- Records, Hollywood, Heavy: Industry Publications 1971
- Colored People, Los Angeles: Self-published in 1972
- Hard Light, Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications 1978
Movies
- Miracle. 28 min, color, optical sound, 16 mm. New York, Castelli - Sonnabend in 1970
- Premium. 24 min, color, magnetic sound, 16 mm. New York, Castelli - Sonnabend in 1975