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.

Judy Chicago Studio

As artist Judy Chicago recalls of Pasadena in the 1960s, “I was living and working in Pasadena, and there were a whole bunch of us in Pasadena. I had found a studio for Ron Davis and brought him down, and I found a studio for Mark di Suvero. He was next door. So there were a lot of artists living and working there. Bruce Nauman was around the corner.”

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Works of Art

  • Car Hood

    Car Hood, 1964, Judy Chicago. Sprayed acrylic lacquer on Corvair car hood. 42 15/16 x 49 3/16 x 4 5/16 in. Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Acquired 2007 with means from The Second Museum of our Wishes. © Judy Chicago, 1964. Photo © Donald Woodman

  • Big Blue Pink from the Flesh Gardens series

    Big Blue Pink from the Flesh Gardens series, 1971, Judy Chicago. Sprayed acrylic lacquer on acrylic. 96 in x 96 in. Tom Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles. © Judy Chicago, 1971. Photo © Donald Woodman

Explore the Archive

  • Video: Judy Chicago

    Video: Judy Chicago speaks about her work, April 2011