“Sometimes I have the radio on two different stations at once […] And then you’ve got this panorama out there, and sometimes it’s nasty, but it’s got the kind of conflict that I am looking for.” —Ed Ruscha
Happy birthday to Ed Ruscha, born December 16, 1937! Whether or not you agree he’s got the “coolest gaze in American art” (JG Ballard) or he’s the King of California Cool, Ruscha and Los Angeles are indelibly intertwined, and cars define Los Angeles. In this video from NOWNESS, produced by Matthew Donaldson, we take a ride with Ruscha through LA.