Ed Ruscha

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ed Ruscha has made art for almost 65 years. His work is in collections all over the world. His medium is eclectic – he's a painter, a photographer, an installation designer, a printmaker, and one of Los Angeles' most iconic artists. LACMA, just put on a retrospective of Ruscha's work. NOW THEN covers a career that's spanned over five decades. We get into the exhibit. We also get into some of his most famous works, including Chocolate Room – which is exactly what it sounds like.

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0:25.0	I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:29.0	In a career that has spanned over half a century,
0:32.0	Ed Rouschez has created classic paintings, photographs, and a room
0:38.3	wallpapored in chocolate.
0:41.0	Do you like chocolate? I'm not a big chocolate fan, no.
0:45.0	Have a favorite chocolate bar?
0:47.0	What did I use to like?
0:50.0	Baby Ruth's...
0:52.0	I don't think they make those anymore, do they?
0:55.0	I think they do.
0:56.0	Yeah, I think you go get a Baby Ruth bar for sure.
0:58.0	Really? Oh, okay.
0:59.0	For maximum fund.org and NPR, it's bullseye. it's bullseye
1:02.8	This week Ed Roushet. I'll talk with the groundbreaking artist more about candy,
1:15.3	about his time growing up in the Midwest
1:16.9	and the brand new retrospective on his work
1:19.3	that just opened at Lachma.
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