Ed Ruscha

It's the Rebels in Paradise That Set the Sun of Pacific Standard Time

Gordy Grundy | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Fine Art, Peter Voulkos, Gordy Grundy, Contemporary Art, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Larry Bell, Los Angeles, Rebels in Paradise, Tulsa Kinney, Ed Ruscha, Artillery Magazine, Slidepollajax, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston, John Altoon, Ed Moses, Books News

From Larry Bell's striped pants to Ed Kienholz's devilishly combed eyebrows, they created a scene. Knowing these artists as contemporaries, the author serves up a delicious living past.

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Ed Ruscha + Jack Kerouac = Poetic Wandering

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: On the Road, Ed Ruscha on the Road, Jack Kerouac, Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art, Ed Ruscha Denver, Ed Ruscha, Beat Poetry, Beat Generation, Surrealism, Slidepollajax, Allen Ginsberg, Denver Art Museum, Arts News

Ed Ruscha's paintings look simple, which is what makes their complexity so confounding. Like a short poem, you can enjoy a Ruscha work in a matter of ...

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From The Beach Boys & Randy Newman to Fleet Foxes & Skrillex: A Conversation With Van Dyke Parks, Plus Calling JB Baretsky's Bluff

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Brian Wilson, Sally Parks, Phil Ochs, Terry Melcher, Inara George, The Beach Boys, George Martin, Silverchair, Fleet Foxes, Colonel Parker, Van Dyke Parks, The Byrds, Les Paul, The Honeymooners, Ed Ruscha, George Clinton, Ry Cooder, Lenny Waronker, Elvis Presley, Selma Riots, Stanley Dorfman, Joanna Newsom, Skrillex, Tommy Manicotti, Charles Ray, Randy Newman, Rufus Wainwright, Art Spiegelman, JB Baretsky, Jackie Gleason, James Taylor, Tonkin, Video, Entertainment News

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Southern California Art Goes On Show In Berlin

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, Peter-Klaus Schuster, Los Angeles Art Berlin, Los Angeles Art, Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles 1950 to 1980, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin Art, Berlin, Culture News

BERLIN — A primer on three decades of post-World War II art from Los Angeles, including iconic images from Ed Ruscha and David Hockney, abstract...

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Ed Ruscha Is A Model Now?!

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Fashion Photography, Scott Sternberg, California Photos, Band of Outsiders, Band of Outsiders Spring, Ed Ruscha for Band of Outsiders, Ed Ruscha, Arts News

Fashion brand Band of Outsiders mixes easy breezy California style with preppy chic. So who better to embody the effortless LA look than Pop Art wizar...

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The Rise of the Los Angeles Art Scene: This Artweek.LA (January 30, 2012)

Bill Bush | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Ed Ruscha, George Chann, George Herms, LA Art Exhibitions, Los Angeles Art Scene, La Around Town, LA Art Scene, Pacific Standard Time, Arts News

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The Secrets of Symbols: This Artweek.LA (November 28 - December 4, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Craig Krull Gallery, Joan Didion, Kenneth Anger, Jim Morrison, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Hung Liu, Julian Wasser, Daniel Martin Diaz, David Lloyd, Ed Ruscha, La Luz De Jesus, Melissa Meier, George Herms, Jack Nicholson, Edmund Teske, Arts News

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Mara De Luca: Leap of Faith

Tracey Harnish | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Luis-De-Jesus, Mara De Luca, Ed Ruscha, Arts News

In this series of paintings by Mara De Luca, a combination of nebulous skies and vistas merge with luminous and lunar light plays.

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Naked as They Came: Eating With Nudes at Marina Abramovic's LA MOCA Gala Performance

Susan Michals | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Gwen Stefani, Debbie Harry, Art, Minnie Driver, Ny Observer, Marina Abramovic, Kirsten Dunst, Ed Ruscha, Tilda Swinton, Larry Gagosian, Dita Von Teese, Slidepollajax, Arts News

"I think we're going to leave. My friend fainted." That was the very first comment The Observer overheard as we headed into the entertainment portion of our program at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art's annual gala on Saturday night.

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PHOTOS: The Art World's Greatest Party

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Natalie Portman, Debbie Harry, Moca, Takashi Murakami, Kanye West, Marina Abramovic, Ellen Degeneres, Douglas Aitken, Ed Ruscha, Lady GaGa, Moca Gala, Damien Hirst, Prada, James Franco, Devendra Banhart, Arts News

Imagine a party with previous guests including Brangelina, Jeff Koons, Vera Wang, James Franco, Ed Ruscha, Miuccia Prada, Devendra Banhart and John Ba...

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IN DEPTH: The Man Who Discovered Warhol

Gordy Grundy | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Frances Colpitt, Walter Hopps, Irving Blum, Ed Ruscha, Gordy Grundy, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Ferus Gallery, Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli, Henry Hopkins, Los Angeles, Pacific Standard Time, Rebels in Paradise, Arts News

Art writer and curator Frances Colpitt stated that the Getty show Pacific Standard Time "will insert California art into the canon of Modern Art." Th...

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Is It a Bird, Is It a Plane? No, It's Ed Ruscha!

Edward Goldman | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: LA Art Exhibitions, La Art, La Art Shows, LA Art Scene, LA Art Exhibits, Asco, Ed Ruscha, Peperdine University Art Shows, California Art, Joe Goode, Chicano, Los Angeles News

Passing Pepperdine University, I couldn't resist deviating from my initial plan to spend the whole day with nature and went to see an art exhibition. After all, I do believe that art, like an apple a day, keeps doctors away.

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Proof Is in the Print: This Artweek.LA (Sept 26 - October 2)

Bill Bush | Posted 11.27.2011

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WATCH: Anthony Keidis And Ed Ruscha Hang Out In Short Film

Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Keidis Ruscha, Pacific Standard Time Arts, Anthony Keidis Art, Video, Pacific Standard Time Art, Kiedis Ruscha, Ed Ruscha, Anthony Keidis Los Angeles, Los Angeles Short Film, Pacific Standard Time, Anthony Keidis, Film, Ed Ruscha Los Angeles, Home News

Pop artist Ed Ruscha paints pictures; Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis sings songs. But they both create art through the medium of words,...

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15 Things You Should Probably Know About Van Dyke Parks

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Brian Wilson, The Mothers of Invention, Phil Ochs, David Crosby, Terry Gross, Art Spiegelman, Ed Ruscha, The Beach Boys, Rufus Wainwright, The Byrds, Albert Einstein, Entertainment News

This "sui generis" Southern gentleman, raconteur and erstwhile child actor defies linear explication. Here are 15 semi-random items for the not-yet initiated.

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Review of Rebels in Paradise

Michael Roth | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Ed Kienholz, Andy Warhol, Judy Chicago, James Turrell, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Irwin, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Ed Moses, Wallace Berman, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Frank Gehry, Ferus Gallery, Rebels in Paradise, Books News

Rebels In Paradise has some interesting things to say about the development of a distinctive Los Angeles gallery world, with its connections to the entertainment industry and the burgeoning museum culture.

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PLAN ForYourArt: June 2-8

Bettina Korek | Posted 08.02.2011

Join the Craft and Folk Art Museum for the first ever in a new Etsy Craft Night series. The evening will transform the museum's outdoor courtyard into a hub of crafting and festivities.

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James Franco's Art Debut At Venice Biennale Delayed

The Independent | Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Site Specific, Installation Art, James Franco, Rebel WIthout a Cause, Ed Ruscha, Rebel, Paul McCarthy, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice Biennale, Film, James Dean, Franco, Franco Rebel, Arts News

James Franco's metamorphosis into a modern-day Renaissance man has been unstoppable. An actor with a gamut of Hollywood films to his name, he has writ...

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PHOTOS: This Means Warhol: The Week In Art Auctions

Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Jeff Koons, Koons, Phillips De Pury, Francis Bacon, Art Auctions, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Sculpture, New York Times, Abstract Expressionism, John Chamberlain, Christie's, Painting, Sotheby's, Arts News

It's been a week of triumph and disappointment at the auction houses, with Jeff Koons and Abstract Expressionists snubbed in favor of more, more, alwa...

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Choice Nuggets Found in Leo Castelli Archives

Daniel Grant | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Leo Castelli, Archives of American Art, Richard Serra, Robert Rauschenberg, Calvin Thomkins, Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Count Panza, Ed Ruscha, James Rosenquist, John Chamberlain, Jasper Johns, Ileana Sonnabend, E.P. Richardson, Arts News

The Castelli Gallery was perhaps the most prominent commercial venue for art in the world, starting from the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s.

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Venice Biennale 2011: A Comprehensive Guide

ARTINFO | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Art, Art Fairs, Artinfo, Europe, International, Venice Biennale, Liam Gillick, Ed Ruscha, Sculpture, Bahrain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Painting, Fred Wilson, Venice, Haiti, Biennale Di Venezia, Arts News

VENICE-- The 2011 iteration of the Venice Biennale, that art-world exhibition that combines the Olympic thrill of awards -- the Golden Lion for best i...

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Ruscha's 'Psycho Spaghetti Westerns'

Evan J. Garza | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Natural Disaster, Demolition, Blue Collar Paintings, America, Americana, Ed Ruscha, Westerns, Los Angeles, Psycho Spaghetti Western, Standard Stations, Painting, Gagosian, Beverly Hills, Landscape, Gagosian Gallery, Arts News

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Robbie Conal -- Guerilla Godfather: This Artweek.LA (Feb 28-March 6)

Bill Bush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gagosian Snags Global Representation Of Sculptor John Chamberlain

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sculptor John Chamberlain, Gagosian Reps John Chamberlain, Ed Ruscha, John Chamberlain Gagosian, John-Chamberlain, Gagosian, Larry Gagosian, Ed Ruscha Exhibit Gagosian, Gagosian Gallery, Arts News

The Gagosian Gallery is a household name in its own right with mega-galleries in New York, LA, London, Hong Kong, Geneva, Paris, and Rome, to name a f...

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PLAN ForYourArt: February 24-March 2

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Ligon, Katharina Fritsch, Mathew Sumich, Pierre Huyghe, Wade Guyton, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jean Farrar, Modernism Weekend, Richard Phillips, Claire Rojas, Douglas Gordon, Nel Ivanich, Sergej Jensen, Ugo Rondinone, Anish Kapoor, Dan Graham, De LaB, Elizabeth Taylor, Lacma, Dominic Sidhu, Richard Prince, Black Swan, Rachel Kneebone, Nick Mauss, Leland Y. Lee, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Ace Hotel, Peggy Honeywell, Regen Projects, Christopher Wool, Walead Beshty, Karen Kilimnik, Banks Violette, Spaghetti Westerns, Matthew Barney, Beverly Hills, Culture, Psycho, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Cole, Los Angeles, Iran Firooz Zahedi, Darren Aronofsky, Palm Springs, Course of Empire, Arts, Prism, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles News

Ed Ruscha's Psycho Spaghetti Westerns features wide horizontal paintings, in which landscape becomes a surreal mental construct.

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