Selected Solo & Dual Exhibitions
Dos Frenchies
Eddie Ruscha & Francesca Gabbiani
Bale Creek Allen Gallery
Fort Worth, Texas
June 22–July 31, 2024
Seeing Frequencies
Cedric Bardawil Gallery
London
May 17–June 15, 2024
Eddie Ruscha’s new body of work, entitled Seeing Frequencies, develops the LA-based artist’s long-standing interest in the visual modalities of sound and music. The exhibition will be accompanied by an immersive LP of the same name, which is an exciting departure in his musical practice and charts an atmospheric and experimental course in multi-percussive sounds.
The paintings themselves are inspired by the philosopher and scientist Margaret Mead’s ideas of ‘the listening post’, a source that collected and synthesized information from across all fields of data recovery, like a central computer or a proto internet network. Combining mystical philosophies with the cinematic vocabularies of earlier West Coast avant-gardes, from Oskar Fischinger to Jordan Belson, John Whitney to Scott Bartlett, Ruscha’s spirals, mandalas, and ovoid shapes take on new interpretations in a world riven by images without meaning. In addition to the LP, the exhibition will be accompanied by a new essay by Matthew Holman, which provides novel readings of Ruscha’s paintings alongside subjects ranging from Renaissance master Pietro Perugio’s treatment of perspective, David Hockney’s Californian light, and the physics of waves.
Sound/Waves
Cedric Bardawil Gallery
London
Sept 30 – Oct 29, 2022
Echoes and Shadows
Fourth Sounds
London
October 2021
Quicksilver Temple, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Raising the Sun, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
Cosmic Harmonics
Sapling
London
July 17 – August 7, 2021
Alibi, 2016, Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 inches
Mirror Child, 2019, Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 inches
A Pinch Of, 2016, Acylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 inches
Generator, 2019, Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 inches
Howzat, 2019, Acylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 inches
Or?, 2019, Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 inches
Large Egg #3, 2016, Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 inches
Large Egg #6, 2016
Layer , 2019
Ingot, 2019
Cedric Bardawil is pleased to present Cosmic Harmonics, a solo exhibition by Eddie Ruscha which will run from 17 July to 7 August 2021.
For his first UK solo exhibition, Los Angeles based artist Eddie Ruscha has created spray paintings on paper and canvas board, which will hang alongside a video work and sound piece available on cassette. Guided by his desire to convey the spiritual and explore the relationship between colour, sound and movement, Ruscha’s works are a harmonic dance between the mechanical and organic. New works on paper employ fractals to generate a shimmering sense of movement, questioning our perception of reality and drawing us into an imaginary environment. Works in this series are named after early Busby Berkeley films, famous for their elaborate choreography of symmetrical dancers on stage. The synchronicity in Ruscha’s work becomes clear when the sound piece and video work are brought together in the space, leading the viewers’ ears and eyes from patterns in the mind to the building blocks of nature beyond.
There is a rhythm and consistency to Ruscha’s work, which resonates with the formation of flower blooms, mythical worlds and contemporary pop culture. His art references Abstraction, Op Art and the California Light and Space Movement, whilst his sound develops the global-minded concept of Fourth World music, exploring new possibilities in sound by combining musical traditions with advanced electronic techniques.
Turn on Delights
Bale Creek Allen Gallery
Austin, Texas
September 2017
Party Favors, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 12 inch diameter
Don't Forget Your Lunchbox, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 12 inch diameter
Backshot, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 12 inch diameter
Shimmy, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 8 inch diameter
Upper View Mirror Antique, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 20 inch diameter
Location Services, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 20 inch diameter
For Sale, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 16 inch diameter
Arch, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 12 inch diameter
Suspend/Upend, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 29 inch diameter
As You Were, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 8 inch diameter
Head Off, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 16 inch diameter
Selected Group Exhibitions
HOLLYWOOD DREAM BUBBLE: Ed Ruscha’s Influence in Los Angeles and Beyond
The Hole,
Los Angeles
April 27 – June 8, 2024
curated by Gallucci Tull
Adam Stamp, Aaron Curry, Adam Rabinowitz, Alfred Steiner, Allen Ruppersberg, Amir Zaki, Analia Saban, Bart Exposito, Benjamin Weissman, Bettina Hubby, Brice Bischoff, Carly Jean Andrews, Catherine Opie, Chaz Bojorquez, Chris Johanson, Dan Attoe, Dani Tull, Daniel Hawkins, Dave Muller, Deborah Kass, Dennis Hopper, Doug Crocco, Eddie Ruscha, Ellen Jong, Eric Yahnker, Frances Stark, Francesca Gabbiani, Friedrich Kunath, Gary Simmons, Greg Colson, Hamilton Press, Harland Miller, Jaime Muñoz, Jason Mason, Jason Rhoades, Jeffrey Vallance, Jennifer West, Jeremy Shockley, Jim Shaw, Kelly Wall, Kenny Scharf, Kim Gordon, Kristopher Raos, Lari Pittman, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Mark Hagen, Matt Murphy, Michael Bevilacqua, Michael Decker, Michael Ho, Michael Lombardo, Mike Kelley, Mitchell Syrop, Mungo Thomson, Nick Taggart, Nicolas Shake, Norm Laich, Pae White, Pentti Monkkonen, Pippa Garner, Raymond Pettibon, Renée Petropoulos, Ricci Albenda, Rives Granade, Rob Pruitt, Roni Horn, Ry Rocklen, Sam Durant, Senon Williams, Wallace Berman, Wendy White and Zoe Crosher
The Hole is pleased to present HOLLYWOOD DREAM BUBBLE: Ed Ruscha’s Influence in Los Angeles and Beyond, a group show by guest curatorial duo Jessica Gallucci and artist Dani Tull opening Saturday, April 27th at 844 N La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. Ed Ruscha has occupied many roles in the broad cultural consciousness—foil to the New York-based Ab-Ex movement, a member of Ferus Gallery’s “cool school”, standard-bearer for Southern California and renderer of funny and oracular words in his Boy Scout Utility Modern font—but among artists, particularly in Los Angeles, he is known for his steadfast support of the scene. He shows up at openings: he collaborates, he collects and he donates. Hamilton Press, the Venice fine art printing company he co-founded, invites emerging artists to produce editions.
You could scan the surfaces of works in this show looking for shades of Ruscha to find that his presence is just a proposition; the show’s titular “influence” encompasses direct quotations, tributes and choices in style and medium, as well as links that are more oblique or profound. Some works represent Ruscha’s involvement in an artistic cohort that extends from contemporaries, like Wallace Berman and Dennis Hopper; to family members, like his son Eddie Ruscha and daughter-in-law Francesca Gabbiani; to studio staff Senon Williams and Jason Mason, among others. Jeffrey Vallance asked to contribute a color drawing of Mike Kelley (1954-2012) and sent us this note: "Ed really liked Mike. Ed sponsored an exhibition of the three of us entitled "Three Headed Monster"—I did the drawing for it.
With more than seventy artists, this is not a “tightly curated” exhibition: neither could it possibly be a comprehensive one. HOLLYWOOD DREAM BUBBLE is just a piece of the discourse around the great artist’s reach and a celebration of his impact among American artists across generations. Two and a half miles away from Ruscha’s LACMA retrospective, the conversation continues.
elsewhere
SHOW Gallery,
Los Angeles
dates 2023
curated by Yann Perreau
Yacnoy Abreu Dutour, Vanessa Atlan, Amanda Beech, André Breton, Barbara Carrasco, John Divola, Percival Everett, Francesca Gabbiani, Harry Gamboa Jr., Eric Ernest Johnson, Seffa Klein, Alexander Kroll, Will Lemon III, POE, David Quadrini, Eddie Ruscha, Kim Schoenstadt, Robert Schwan, Gregory Weingarten
Show Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition of 18 artists curated by writer and curator Yann Perreau. elsewhere features a group of LA-based artists that have worked with, and or, inspired Yann Perreau. Each artist was asked to reflect on the notion of “Elsewhere” and its personal significance. The theme originates from quotes by two of Yann’s influences, French-Czech novelist Milan Kundera and Surrealist artist André Breton. The phrases “La vie est ailleurs”, translating to “Life is elsewhere”, in Kundera's 1973 eponymous novel, and Breton’s “It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere”, bring life to this abstracted place of being.
In 2011, Yann established the project space Here Is Elsewhere in the Pacific Design Center. Exhibiting both local and international artists, the gallery’s objective aimed to create discourse, linking the artists and disregarding location. After ten years of traveling the globe, elsewhere at Show Gallery will be Yann’s first exhibition back in Los Angeles.
“The answers I got from the artists I sent these quotes to surprised me in many ways”, explains the curator. “They reveal how a place can be a physical setting or a mental and emotional space within us, bringing us to unexpected destinations. While some of the artists chose dreamlike, utopian, surreal landscapes (Alexander Kroll, Kim Schoenstadt, Harry Gamboa Jr.), others focus on the longing to go elsewhere (Barbara Carrasco, John Divola, Eric Ernest Johnson), an eternal desire to be “anywhere, out of this world” as Charles Baudelaire suggested (Amanda Beech). Others picked works that carry metaphysical value (Yacnoy Abreu, Vanessa Atlan, Robert Schwan) or can be seen as an entrance to another dimension (Seffa Klein, Gregory Weingarten). As an artist offers a solution for the future of our planet (David Quadrini), another (Francesca Gabbiani-Ruscha) reminds us of what’s constantly happening elsewhere, with global warming. Or it can remain an enigma (Percival Everett), irrepresentable, even unreachable. Ultimately all these works address the struggle between the visible and the invisible which is, since Paul Cézanne, at the very core of modern and contemporary art.”
Consensual Ennui
The Landing Gallery,
Los Angeles
Sept 30 – Oct 29, 2023
curated by Andrew Theodore
Bràulio Amado, Theodora Allen, Robert Beatty, Pali Xisto Cornelsen, Brian DeGraw, Nick Dahlen, Ana Kraš, Casey McCafferty, Galen Pehrson, Tim Presley, Eddie Ruscha, Blanca Miró Skoudy, Todd St. John, Yelena Yemchuk, Andrew Theodore, Adam Tullie
The Landing Gallery is pleased to present Consensual Ennui, a group exhibition curated by Andrew Theodore. A coming-together of artists and designers working in an array of media, materials, and styles, Consensual Ennui comprises textiles, paintings, objects, furniture, and music linked by subtle threads, aesthetic affinities, and distant echoes. You wouldn’t really want to put a name to it, though. It’s more intuitive, slippery, an interplay of effects: you can follow the movements, but it won’t sit still. Personal relationships also link things here; friendships, past collaborations, and mutual influence connect some of the artists. A few have admired each other’s work from afar. This sense of sociality and creative collusion form the basis for the exhibition, while its context—as the title says—is a sweet sort of gloom. An old adage says we create out of misery, so we consent to being out of sorts. Now seems like a good moment to stage these works that want to commiserate in the same space.
Wayfarer
Cedric Bardawil Gallery
London
June 29 – August 5, 2023
local talent
curated by Thomas Demand
Sprüth Magers
Berlin
July 4–August 22, 2020
Installation view, 'local talent' at Sprüth Magers, Berlin
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Dad, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner on paper 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Thinking Cap, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner on paper 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Hutt, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner on paper 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Clapping, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner on paper 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Janine, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner on paper 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Dog, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner on paper 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Distance, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner on paper 9 x 11 7/8 inches
Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha More Sheer, 2020 Ink and laser-copy toner, and printed matter on paper 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches
Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Miriam Böhm, Marieta Chirulescu, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Thea Djordjadze, Jason Dodge, Sam Durant, Olafur Eliasson, Haris Epaminonda, Omer Fast, Ce Waal Floyer, Mathew Hale, Mathew Hale / Eddie Ruscha, Oliver Laric, Henrik Olesen, Manfred Pernice, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Anri Sala, Thomas Scheibitz, Andreauhts Slominski, Thomas Struth, Akinori Tao, Rosemarie Trockel, Corinne Wasmuht
“They all live in Berlin, still a city of artists, and the selected works all point indirectly at the repercussions of our current situation.” –Thomas Demand
The exhibition local talent curated by Thomas Demand features more than twenty Berlin based artists, from several generations, diverse nationalities and backgrounds. Their works have either been created in the last few months, or they constitute past concepts for future works that resonate with this unprecedented time.
Made during lockdown with Mathew Hale in Berlin and Eddie Ruscha in Los Angeles, the series of drawings and video that accompanies them present their beginnings and endings. Appearing somewhat like cells from a storyboard, they display a sense of enjoyment as each artist uncovers what the other has created or added, a product of isolation and a certain aimlessness. Some change format and orientation during their production, while others integrate elements of figuration or text, each with a consistent sense of surprise.
DO YOUR THING
Curated by RUB N TUG (aka Thomas Bullock and Eric Duncan)
White Columns
London
June 9 – July 14, 2012
JORDAN L. AIELLO-SCHMIDT, A.R.E. WEAPONS, HRAFNHILDUR ARNARDOTTIR / SHOPLIFTER, HARVEY BASSETT / DJ HARVEY, AARON BONDAROFF, GAVIN BROWN, UMA BULLOCK, DAN COLEN, TONY COX, BRIAN DEGRAW, PIA DEHNE, YAMATAKA EYE, LEO FITZPATRICK, THÉODORE FIVEL, AUGUST GOULET, MISHA HOLLENBACH, NATE LOWMAN, ADAM MCEWEN, RYAN MCGINLEY, FERGUS PURCELL, NICK RELPH, LISA ROVNER, EDDIE RUSCHA, SK8THING, LANI SCIANDRA, DAVID BENJAMIN SHERRY, AGATHE SNOW, DASH SNOW, MICHAL STEFAN, MATT SWEENEY, SPENCER SWEENEY, threeASFOUR . JESSICA MITRANI. GEORGIA
White Columns is pleased to present an exhibition curated by the legendary DJs and musicians Thomas Bullock and Eric Duncan (aka RUB N TUG.) Featuring new and recent work by Eric and Thomas’ friends, peers and (extended) family members, DO YOUR THING is rooted in the social and cultural networks that took shape in downtown New York at the turn of the 21st Century.
Informed by the late-night conversations and creative partnerships that gained momentum at the RUB N TUG parties that took place in artists’ lofts and at Gavin Brown’s now-shuttered West 15th Street bar Passerby (where RUB N TUG hosted the weekly ‘Campfire’ party) DO YOUR THING is a testament to Thomas and Eric’s persistent ability to collapse the distinctions between art, life and music.