Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.
Peter Voulkos's exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, 1958. Courtesy of the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project
Poster for the exhibition New Painting of Common Objects at the Pasadena Art Museum, 1962. Wood-type letterpress on paper. 42 3/8 x 28 in. Image courtesy of the Ed Ruscha Studio
Frederick Eversley in his studio, 1971. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and the Frank J. Thomas Archives
Henry Takemoto and Peter Voulkos in front of Takemoto's mural at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, 1959. Image courtesy of Henry Takemoto
An exhibition at Billy Al Bengston’s Artist Studio, with works by Ed Ruscha, Peter Alexander, and John McCracken, 1970. Image courtesy of Billy Al Bengston
John Baldessari in 1960. Image courtesy of John Baldessari
John Baldessari in the late 1960s. Image courtesy of John Baldessari
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Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.
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Peter Voulkos's exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, 1958. Courtesy of the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project
Poster for the exhibition New Painting of Common Objects at the Pasadena Art Museum, 1962. Wood-type letterpress on paper. 42 3/8 x 28 in. Image courtesy of the Ed Ruscha Studio
Stephan von Huene with Tap Dancer (1967) in Düsseldorf, 1975. Image courtesy of and © Dr. Petra Kipphoff von Huene
Interior view of Barbara Byrnes's American Contemporary Gallery in Hollywood in the late 1940s. Image courtesy of James Byrnes
Billy Al Bengston’s studio on Mildred Street in Venice, California, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston
Ron Miyashiro in front of one of his paintings, ca. 1961. Courtesy of the artist and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. © Ron Miyashiro
Rani Singh, Getty Research Institute, conducts an oral history interview with Ron Miyashiro in 2010. Art © Ron Miyashiro
Ed Moses and Frank Gehry in Greece, 1975. Image courtesy of Ed Moses and Frank Gehry
Craig Kauffman in Billy Al Bengston's studio in the 1960s. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston
Frederick Eversley polishing one of his sculptures, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Frederick Eversley
Frederick Eversley in his studio, 1971. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and the Frank J. Thomas Archives
Henry Takemoto and Peter Voulkos in front of Takemoto's mural at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, 1959. Image courtesy of Henry Takemoto
An exhibition at Billy Al Bengston’s Artist Studio, with works by Ed Ruscha, Peter Alexander, and John McCracken, 1970. Image courtesy of Billy Al Bengston
John Baldessari in 1960. Image courtesy of John Baldessari
John Baldessari in the late 1960s. Image courtesy of John Baldessari