Ed Ruscha at the Museum of Modern Art | Exhibition Tour | Visual Podcast

'“I don’t have any Seine River like Monet,” Ed Ruscha once said. “I’ve just got US 66 between Oklahoma and Los Angeles.” ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN will feature over 200 works-in mediums including painting, drawing, prints, photography, artist’s books, film, and installation-that make use of everything from gunpowder to chocolate. Exploring Ruscha’s landmark contributions to postwar American art as well as lesser-known aspects of his more than six-decade career, the exhibition will offer new perspectives on a body of work that has influenced generations of artists, architects, designers, and writers.
In 1956, Ruscha left his hometown of Oklahoma City and drove along interstate highway 66 to study commercial art in Los Angeles, where he drew inspiration from the city’s architecture, colloquial speech, and popular culture. Ruscha has recorded and transformed familiar subjects-whether roadside gasoline stations or the 20th Century Fox logo-often revisiting motifs, sites, or words years later. Tracing shifts in the artist’s means and methods over time, ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN underscores the continuous reinvention that has defined his work.
The exhibition is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The MoMA presentation is organized by Christophe Cherix, The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints, with Ana Torok, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Curator, and Kiko Aebi, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints. The LACMA presentation (April 7-October 6, 2024) is organized by Christophe Cherix, The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints, MoMA and Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, LACMA, with Ana Torok, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, MoMA, Kiko Aebi, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints, MoMA, Rebecca Morse, Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA, and Deliasofia Zacarias, Executive Assistant & Director’s Office Fellow, LACMA.
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.'
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[@edwardferry8247]

Thank you for very much for posting this. I only ever managed to see his work in smaller exhibitions in Europe. This is a wonderful retrospective, too far now for me to travel to. I’m delighted to see this lovely piece you have put together for us, thank you 🙏

[@nicolletteramirez]

You're very welcome. I’m so glad you enjoyed it and took the time to comment 🥰

[@wahidnazari3678]

Great Artist.🤘

[@nicolletteramirez]

😍

[@wahidnazari3678]

Very nice pieces.

[@nicolletteramirez]

They are! ♥️

[@streamlight1]

sad to see people hating on ruscha in these comments - i have always loved his work alot.

[@nicolletteramirez]

It’s hard to see people who have a different pov because they have a different eye or just not an eye that is aesthetically evolved 😱

[@thomascreeley867]

He has a lovely sense of design.

[@nicolletteramirez]

Indeed ♥️

[@914nyhappyendings6]

Are most of these done using airbrush?

[@nicolletteramirez]

@@914nyhappyendings6 edruscha.com/

[@DC-gh6dy]

Random text on a colored background isnt art, its a facebook post...
Thanks for the video tho 👍

[@nicolletteramirez]

Oh okay. Thanks for commenting 🖤

[@warrenwalker8170]

So sorry it's not art at all -- in fact it's just boring

[@nicolletteramirez]

Thx for your feedback but you don’t need to apologize to me. It’s not my paintings.

[@914nyhappyendings6]

Thats what someone says when someone has not and never will accomplish anything close to what someone like Mr.Ruscha has accomplished.

[@BB1951]

Nobody ever said art has to make sense, and it sure doesn't here. Most of the examples on display are tired ideas. Nice video though.

[@nicolletteramirez]

Thanks for commenting 🖤

[@valterdigiacomo9544]

America Is the future Always. Black Friday 1920 here 100 year later. In the art they go like their culture and lives with the Wish to change improve find the world missing part. American have a Faith in the art too seriously they try to Express through art ther Freedom and society. It Is moder art It Is america .

[@nicolletteramirez]

Thanks for expressing your point of view 🖤