TateShots: Ed Ruscha

TateShots: Ed Ruscha from Tate on Vimeo.

Ed Ruscha’s exploration of language and American West Coast culture centred on Hollywood has made him one of the pre-eminent artists of his generation. Since the early 1960s he has channelled his fascination with words and the act of communication into books, print-making, photography, drawing and painting. TateShots went to meet him at his studio in Los Angeles.