Ed Ruscha
This monograph analyzes Ed Ruscha’s career from his beginnings as an artist in the late 1950s through its publication date of 2003. Written by Richard D. Marshall, art historian and longtime curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, it discusses Ruscha’s innovations and development. It includes insightful analysis of the verbal and visual themes that run through Ruscha’s oeuvre and details his experiments with photography, artist’s books, and unconventional mediums. Profusely illustrated, this book is an ideal means through which readers may deepen their understanding of this uniquely American artist.