Artist Ed Ruscha’s Archive Acquired by Harry Ransom Center

AUSTIN, Texas - The Harry Ransom Center , a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of artist Edward Ruscha (b. The materials reveal Ruscha's creative process and offer a unique perspective of one of the most influential artists working today. Born in Omaha, Neb. Ruscha moved to Oklahoma City in 1941 and to Los Angeles in 1956 to attend the Chouinard Art Institute. He had his first solo exhibition in 1963 at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. In the years since, he has been widely recognized for his paintings, drawings, photographs and artist's books. Ruscha is known for art that often manipulates words and phrases in unconventional ways.