Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN

The exhibition is the artist’s first retrospective in over 20 years. Conceived in collaboration with the artist (b. 1937), this comprehensive retrospective will present Ruscha’s remarkable career and extensive exploration of all media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and artist's books. With over 250 works, the exhibition will feature his most acclaimed works alongside lesser-known aspects of his more than 60-year practice. This includes his early works on paper, his installations—such as the Chocolate Room and the Course of Empire series, as well as his photographic documentation of the streets of Los Angeles beginning in 1965.
Ruscha has consistently held up a mirror to American society by transforming some of its defining attributes—from consumer culture and popular entertainment to the ever-changing urban landscape—into the very subject of his art. “Ed Ruscha is a defining figure of postwar American art and has drawn inspiration from Los Angeles for more than six decades,” said Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director and exhibition co-curator.
ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN is co-organized by LACMA and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). For more information, visit: https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/ed-ruscha-now-then.