{"id":1795,"date":"2015-12-14T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/collections\/2015\/12\/14\/the-quintessential-los-angeles-artist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:13:18","slug":"the-quintessential-los-angeles-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2015\/12\/14\/the-quintessential-los-angeles-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quintessential Los Angeles Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raised in Oklahoma City, American artist Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) was first introduced to art through popular culture, looking at comic books, cartoons, and Disney films as inspiration. Attracted to the energy of Los Angeles, Ruscha moved there in 1956 at the age of eighteen and attended the Chouinard Art Institute, now the California Institute of the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, Abstract Expressionism dominated the art world, yet Ruscha instead became influenced by the works of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, who were introducing relevant and recognizable images to their works in a way similar to Marcel Duchamp\u2019s use of found objects. As Ruscha graduated from art school, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2015\/11\/23\/pop-goes-the-easel\/\">Pop art&nbsp;<\/a>movement was beginning to gain attention in the art world and Ruscha was quick to feel the changing pulse.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1796\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/tumblr_ngp1rvzGAZ1r1jmv0o1_1280.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1796\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1796\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/tumblr_ngp1rvzGAZ1r1jmv0o1_1280.jpg\" alt=\"piece of artwork\" width=\"580\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/tumblr_ngp1rvzGAZ1r1jmv0o1_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/tumblr_ngp1rvzGAZ1r1jmv0o1_1280-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/tumblr_ngp1rvzGAZ1r1jmv0o1_1280-959x1024.jpg 959w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/tumblr_ngp1rvzGAZ1r1jmv0o1_1280-768x820.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Ed Ruscha: OOF, Oil on Canvas, 1962<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Infatuated by the city of Los Angeles, the young artist began using the city as inspiration for his works. Using everything from paint, photography, drawings and a quick foray in film, Ruscha explored the possibilities of these mediums during a very transformative period in art history. His one- word paintings soon became his iconic style, using these words in a Duchampian manner. Words like \u201cOof,\u201d \u201cRipe,\u201d \u201cSmash,\u201d and \u201cNoise\u201d were painted on backgrounds of solid color, emphasizing the aesthetic and connotative meaning of the words. These paintings evolved over time, turning into multi-word phrases that struck the artist\u2019s interest like \u201cGuacamole Airlines,\u201d \u201cPay nothing until April,\u201d and longer phrases such as \u201cIn California you chew the juice out of the grapes and spit the skin away, a real luxury.\u201d These words and phrases highlight Ruscha\u2019s surrealist interests and the Los Angeles culture that is embedded in his work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1798\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2011.7.1g-reference-photo-from-Tate.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1798\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1798\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2011.7.1g-reference-photo-from-Tate.jpg\" alt=\"piece of artwork\" width=\"580\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2011.7.1g-reference-photo-from-Tate.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2011.7.1g-reference-photo-from-Tate-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Ed Ruscha: Chevrolet (Motor City Portfolio), 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the 1960s, cars became an integral part of American culture, representing the highest luxury item available to the working middle class American, symbolizing freedom, mobility, and the booming post- war economy. Cars were&nbsp;a common theme in the works of the Pop artists such as Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist. Ruscha not only used car culture as subject matter, but also as a tool for many of his photographic projects, such as&nbsp;<em>Twentysix Gasoline Stations,<\/em>&nbsp;1962,&nbsp;<em>Every Building on the Sunset Strip,<\/em>&nbsp;1966,&nbsp;<em>and the Royal Road Test<\/em>, 1967. In Chapman\u2019s own collection, we can evidently see the influence of cars and the landscape of Los Angeles.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2015\/09\/21\/the-boulevards-of-heritage\/\">Pico and Sepulveda<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Motor City&nbsp;<\/em>are both currently on display in Beckman Hall and placed in dialogue with Rauschenberg, mentioned above as being one of his primary artistic influences.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1800\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1800 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2008.7.11.jpg\" alt=\"piece of artwork\" width=\"580\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2008.7.11.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2008.7.11-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2008.7.11-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Ed Ruscha: Pico and Sepulveda, 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ruscha&#8217;s works provoke discussions on consumer culture, the use of found images, and the city as a source of inspiration for the artist. His sleek, clean aesthetic and cool detachment from any personal biography was attractive to collectors from the very beginning of his career and his popularity has certainly not diminished in the art market today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1799\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2011.7.1c-reference-photo-from-Tate.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1799\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1799\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2011.7.1c-reference-photo-from-Tate.jpg\" alt=\"piece of artwork\" width=\"580\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/12\/2011.7.1c-reference-photo-from-Tate.jpg 682w, 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