Edward Ruscha
December 16, 1937 (Age 77)
By Prasanth Shandragopal
Biography
Born: Edward Joseph Ruscha IV, (December 16, 1937).
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Citizenship: American
Current City: Culver City, California
Education: Chouinard Art Institute
Known For: Photography, Painting, Print Making, Film and
Book Art
Movement: Pop Art
Early Life & Pop Art
Ruscha becomes friendly with future writer and musician
Mason Williams at the 4th grade.
Ruscha and Williams created a large mural of the Oklahoma
Land Run.
Ruscha’s first exposure to art comes from a neighborhood
friend, Bob Bonaparte, who is cartoonist and Ruscha started
his own cartoon drawings.
He attributes the tactile quality of materials such as Paper
and Higgins India Ink as a catalyst for his interest in arts.
Beat Generation
At the age of fourteen, Ruscha hitchhikes with a friend
through the south to Florida passing through towns whose
names (Dublin Sweetwater Vicksburg), he places in painting
of 1951-1961.
Sweet water is named after a town in (Tennessee) That
Ruscha had travelled through in 1952,his largest work to date
and it shows the influence of John’s painting (Tennyson).
The painting is purchased by (Hopkins) and later
inadvertently demolished.
Sweet water (1959)
Oil & Ink on Canvas
Dublin
He began making small and representative works on paper
such as the construction (Dublin), in which unrelated
elements are framed in one or more ink drawn squares.
During his travel through Europe in 1961, Ruscha
photographs street life and makes numerous small paintings
and collages on paper, some using words & street
iconography and many in pictorial style inaugurated with
(Dublin).
Dublin (1960)
Oil & Ink on Canvas
Ruscha Quit Work
The texture varied but the tone graduated and the line
controlled. The color is gentle, and the shapes are solid. The
pattern movement is simplified but overall proportion
distorted and scale varied miniature. The composition still
balance and the mood & emotion looks peaceful. In my
opinion I think the overall piece of work looks dull and
intense.
Ruscha Standard Station Work
The color is complimentary and contrasting but the
composition viewpoint looks perspective, but the lines looks
strong. The tone is contrasting and the texture are shinny.
The shape looks geometrical and pattern are decorative. The
proportion are abstract and scale size are realistic. The
composition viewpoint looks symmetrical and the mood &
emotion looks moody. In my opinion the overall piece of
work looks organic and realistic.
Ruscha 20th Century Fox Work
The proportion abstract perspective and the mood & emotion
looks calm. The texture are exciting and the tones are dark.
The lines are straight and colors are emotion. The shapes are
movement and the pattern repetitive, but the proportion are
accurate. The scale size are varied and the composition looks
rhythm, and finally the mood & emotions are happy. In my
opinion I think the overall piece of work looks warm and
light.