Editing Edward Ruscha (section)

==Early life and education==
Ruscha was born into a [[Roman Catholic]] family in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], with an older sister, Shelby, and a younger brother, Paul. Edward Ruscha, Sr. was an auditor for [[The Hartford|Hartford Insurance Company]]. Ruscha's mother was supportive of her son's early signs of artistic skill and interests. Young Ruscha was attracted to [[cartooning]] and would sustain this interest throughout his adolescent years. Though born in [[Nebraska]], Ruscha lived some 15 years in [[Oklahoma City]] before moving to [[Los Angeles]] in 1956 where he studied at the [[Chouinard Art Institute]] (now known as the [[California Institute of the Arts]]) under [[Robert Irwin (artist)|Robert Irwin]] and [[Emerson Woelffer]] from 1956 through 1960. While at Chouinard, Ruscha edited and produced the journal ''Orb'' (1959–60) together with Joe Goode, Emerson Woelffer, Stephan von Huene, Jerry McMillan, and others.<ref>[http://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/ruscha.html Streets  #  * of Los Angeles Archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131145401/http://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/ruscha.html |date=2012-01-31 }} [[Getty Research Institute]], Los Angeles.</ref> As a result, ''Orb'' became one of the U.S.' first recorded [[alternative newspaper]]s.<ref name=LAMag>Nichols, Chris. [https://www.lamag.com/askchris/la-first-alternative-newspaper/ "What Was L.A.'s First Alternative Newspaper? You can thank the hippies,"] ''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]]'' (January 23, 2018).</ref>

In 1961, Ruscha spent seven months traveling through Europe.<ref>Jason Farago (7 September 2023), [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/arts/design/ed-ruscha-retrospective-moma.html The Deadpan Laureate of American Art] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> After graduation, Ruscha took a job as a layout artist for the [[Ogilvy (agency)|Carson-Roberts]] advertising agency in Los Angeles.

By the early 1960s he was well known for his paintings, [[collage]]s, and photographs, and for his association with the [[Ferus Gallery]] group, which also included artists Robert Irwin, [[John Altoon]], [[John McCracken (artist)|John McCracken]], [[Larry Bell (artist)|Larry Bell]], [[Kenneth Price|Ken Price]], and [[Edward Kienholz]]. He worked as layout designer for ''[[Artforum]]'' magazine under the pseudonym "Eddie Russia" from 1965 to 1969 and taught at [[UCLA]] as a visiting professor for printing and drawing in 1969. He is also a lifelong friend of guitarist [[Mason Williams]].