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
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.
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.
cameras pollock
Unfortunately, there was no Jackson Pollock of the camera.
photography art thinking
Above all, the photographs I use are not arty in any sense of the word. I think photography is dead as fine art; its only place is in the commercial world, for technical or information purposes.
believe intuition want
I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of pictures you want to make.
new-york anxiety would-be
Perhaps there would be more anxiety in my work if I lived in New York.
sweet book different-experiences
Traveling to Europe and traveling in the U.S.A. was a much different experience. 'On the Road' exemplified everything glamorous that was happening on this side of the planet. The book puts off some kind of sweet melody - part hope for the world, part nostalgic.