The Way to Be, performed at various locations between San Francisco and Seattle, 1972, Barbara T. Smith. Getty Research Institute, 2014.M.14. Photo: Michael Kelley and Ernie Adams
Barbara T. Smith: The Way to Be
GETTY CENTER
Research Institute Galleries I and II
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Since the 1960s, Barbara T. Smith (b. 1931 in Pasadena) has been at the forefront of artistic movements in California. Her work explores concepts that strike at the core of human nature, including sexuality, physical and spiritual sustenance, technology, and death. This autobiographical exhibition with an accompanying publication explores the artist's first 50 years, which were marked by dramatic upheavals in her personal life as well as the development of her most pioneering works, including her Xerox art and radical early performances.