Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska and raised in Oklahoma, but he belongs to Los Angelesin a way that few other artists do. Since the 1960s, Ruscha's iconic images of the cityscape andculture of Los Angeles--freeway gas stations, parking lots, palm trees, motels, swimming pools, andbillboards--have both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Hollywood and the city thatsurrounds it. In Ed Ruscha's Los Angeles, Alexandra Schwartz views Ruscha's groundbreaking...