Straight From LA...Paintings and Drawings by Ed Ruscha
Casterline|Goodman Gallery is proud to present Straight from LA鈥rawings and Paintings by Ed Ruscha from June 15, 2015 to July 30, 2015. The gallery will hold a reception on July 3rd from 6-8pm for the final month of the show and also in celebration of the July Fourth weekend.
Casterline|Goodman has been collecting Ed Ruscha鈥檚 work for a number of years and continue to be experts on Ruscha鈥檚 market. Ed Ruscha is an American artist that emerged as a Pop Artist in the 1960s. He was born in 1937 in Nebraska and studied at the California Institute for the Arts from 1956 to 1960 under Robert Irwin and Emerson Woelffer. After graduating he traveled around Europe before taking a job as a layout artist in Los Angeles. Ruscha became a part of the Ferus Gallery Group, which represented artists such as John McCracken and Larry Bell and held Andy Warhol鈥檚 first solo exhibition of his Campbell's Soup Cans.
By the 1960s, he was well known for his prints, collages, and paintings. In interviews, Ruscha denies that he is inspired by his Southern California upbringing, but the use of large, catchy Hollywood inspired text and California themes seem to be homage to his roots. His first public work was installed in 2014 on New York City鈥檚 High Line featuring, Honey, I Twisted Through More Damn Traffic Today, taken from a pastel drawing he created in 1977. Ruscha鈥檚 works can be described as stylized representations of American pop culture combined with words and phrases that play with the image and its linguistic meaning. Ruscha works with unconventional mediums such as graphite, gunpowder, and pastel, to create his word and slogan works. He applies the medium with his 鈥渄rawing tools鈥�, which consist of cotton puffs and Q-Tips. These help him create his renowned smoky and illusive effects. By giving his phrases a 鈥減hysical voice鈥� he created a deadpan humor that is now synonymous with his work. Casterline|Goodman鈥檚 collection features many works including Ruscha鈥檚 Rooms, H.M.S. Nevertheless, Las Palmas, The World, and Kay-Eye-Double-S.
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Casterline|Goodman Gallery is proud to present Straight from LA鈥rawings and Paintings by Ed Ruscha from June 15, 2015 to July 30, 2015. The gallery will hold a reception on July 3rd from 6-8pm for the final month of the show and also in celebration of the July Fourth weekend.
Casterline|Goodman has been collecting Ed Ruscha鈥檚 work for a number of years and continue to be experts on Ruscha鈥檚 market. Ed Ruscha is an American artist that emerged as a Pop Artist in the 1960s. He was born in 1937 in Nebraska and studied at the California Institute for the Arts from 1956 to 1960 under Robert Irwin and Emerson Woelffer. After graduating he traveled around Europe before taking a job as a layout artist in Los Angeles. Ruscha became a part of the Ferus Gallery Group, which represented artists such as John McCracken and Larry Bell and held Andy Warhol鈥檚 first solo exhibition of his Campbell's Soup Cans.
By the 1960s, he was well known for his prints, collages, and paintings. In interviews, Ruscha denies that he is inspired by his Southern California upbringing, but the use of large, catchy Hollywood inspired text and California themes seem to be homage to his roots. His first public work was installed in 2014 on New York City鈥檚 High Line featuring, Honey, I Twisted Through More Damn Traffic Today, taken from a pastel drawing he created in 1977. Ruscha鈥檚 works can be described as stylized representations of American pop culture combined with words and phrases that play with the image and its linguistic meaning. Ruscha works with unconventional mediums such as graphite, gunpowder, and pastel, to create his word and slogan works. He applies the medium with his 鈥渄rawing tools鈥�, which consist of cotton puffs and Q-Tips. These help him create his renowned smoky and illusive effects. By giving his phrases a 鈥減hysical voice鈥� he created a deadpan humor that is now synonymous with his work. Casterline|Goodman鈥檚 collection features many works including Ruscha鈥檚 Rooms, H.M.S. Nevertheless, Las Palmas, The World, and Kay-Eye-Double-S.
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