Gagosian to Present Ed Ruscha: Says I, to Myself, Says I in London

Gagosian to present Says I, to Myself, Says I, Ed Ruscha’s first exhibition dedicated to his paintings on unprimed linen. On view at the Davies Street gallery in London the exhibition coincides with Talking Doorways, an exhibition at Gagosian’s rue de Castiglione gallery in Paris. Ed Ruscha And What Not, 2023 Acrylic on linen 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm) © Ed Ruscha Photo: Paul Ruscha Courtesy GagosianRuscha began making paintings on raw linen in the early 1990s, although this body of work has never before been the focus of an exhibition. Ed Ruscha It’s It, 2024 Acrylic on linen 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm) © Ed Ruscha Photo: Paul Ruscha Courtesy GagosianOther works picture a mountain peak—among Ruscha’s most iconic motifs—in a juxtaposition of archetypal landscape imagery with signifying language. Major retrospectives — from the Whitney (2004) to ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN at MoMA and LACMA (2023–24) — confirm his place as one of the most influential artists of his generation.