As they say in Hollywood, "I don't care what you write about me so long as you spell my name right." L.A. has had its share of ambivalent coverage lately -- a never-ending tribute to its controversial fame. After David Byrne and James Kunstler, now it's the turn of Ed Ruscha. L.A.Metblogs on his recent interview in The Telegraph:
"Ruscha’s work draws on imagery from the urban landscape of southern California. [Yet] he’s of two minds about the city where he’s made his home since 1956. 'It puzzles me that people can come to Los Angeles and actually get excited about it,' [says Ruscha]. But he also admits, a little grudgingly, that there is a 'certain neurotic anxiety' about the city that nourishes him. 'It’s oily about the edges,' he explains. 'It’s gritty, but at the same time it promises something. I don’t know what, the fountain of youth, maybe.'" Full interview.
"Ruscha’s work draws on imagery from the urban landscape of southern California. [Yet] he’s of two minds about the city where he’s made his home since 1956. 'It puzzles me that people can come to Los Angeles and actually get excited about it,' [says Ruscha]. But he also admits, a little grudgingly, that there is a 'certain neurotic anxiety' about the city that nourishes him. 'It’s oily about the edges,' he explains. 'It’s gritty, but at the same time it promises something. I don’t know what, the fountain of youth, maybe.'" Full interview.
2 comments:
I don't know if I think of it as gritty... (maybe because I live in Santa Monica- which is hardly 'roughing it') but I do agree that it promises something...
One thing we can all agree on -- lovers + naysayers -- is that L.A. is schizophrenic.
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