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.
In Mourning and In Rage media performance at Los Angeles City Hall, December 13, 1977, Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz-Starus. Gelatin silver prints documenting the event by Susan Mogul. 7 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. The Getty Research Institute, Lawrence Alloway Papers, 2003.M.46. Photo courtesy of Susan Mogul
Video: Larry Bell speaks about his work, March 2011
Video: Mary Corse speaks about her work, April 2011
Video: Melvin Edwards speaks about his work, July 2010
Video: Joe Goode speaks about his work, March 2011
Video: Hans Neuendorf speaks about the work of Robert Graham, February 2011
Video: George Herms speaks about his work, March 2011
Video: John Mason speaks about his work, March 2010
Video: Ron Miyashiro speaks about his work, June 2010
Video: Billy Al Bengston speaks about his work, March 2010
Video: Ed Moses speaks about his work, November 2009
Video: Helen Pashgian speaks about her work, April 2010
Video: Ed Ruscha speaks about his work, April 2011
Explore the Era
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.
Event performance at University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970, Wolfgang Stoerchle. Gelatin silver print documenting the event, unknown photographer. 9 15/16 x 8 in. The Getty Research Institute, 2009.M.16.1. © J. Paul Getty Trust
In Mourning and In Rage media performance at Los Angeles City Hall, December 13, 1977, Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz-Starus. Gelatin silver prints documenting the event by Susan Mogul. 7 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. The Getty Research Institute, Lawrence Alloway Papers, 2003.M.46. Photo courtesy of Susan Mogul
Video: Larry Bell speaks about his work, March 2011
Video: Mary Corse speaks about her work, April 2011
Video: Melvin Edwards speaks about his work, July 2010
Video: Joe Goode speaks about his work, March 2011
Video: Hans Neuendorf speaks about the work of Robert Graham, February 2011
Video: George Herms speaks about his work, March 2011
Video: John Mason speaks about his work, March 2010
Video: Ron Miyashiro speaks about his work, June 2010
Video: Billy Al Bengston speaks about his work, March 2010
Video: Ed Moses speaks about his work, November 2009
Video: Helen Pashgian speaks about her work, April 2010
Video: Ed Ruscha speaks about his work, April 2011
Video: Betye Saar speaks about her work, March 2011. Footage of the Watts Towers courtesy and © Over the Moon Productions
Video: Irving Blum, John Mason, and Billy Al Bengston speak about the work of Peter Voulkos, 2010–11
Video: Jack Brogan speaks about working with Los Angeles artists, June 2011
Video: Peter Alexander speaks about his work, May 2010
Video: George Herms speaks about the work of Cameron, 2002. Footage courtesy of the Cameron Parsons Foundation
Video: Karl Benjamin speaks about his work, December 2009