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.

Ed Bereal Studio and Theater (1967–83)

Between 1967 and 1983, artist Ed Bereal split his time between his studio and the Bodacious Buggerrilla, a guerrilla theater group established by Bereal at the First A.M.E. Zion Church in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.

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Works of Art

  • American Beauty

    American Beauty, 1965, Ed Bereal. Metal, paint, tree branch. 50 x 31 x 12 in. Collection of Betty & Monte Factor. © Ed Bereal. Photo by Larry Hirshowitz