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.

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Video: Riko Mizuno, Vija Celmins, and Ed Moses » Pacific Standard Time at the Getty
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Video: Riko Mizuno, Vija Celmins, and Ed Moses speak about the Mizuno Gallery, 2009–11

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  • Freeway

    Freeway, 1966, Vija Celmins. Oil on canvas. 17 1/2 x 26 3/8 in. Collection of Harold Cook, Ph.D. © Vija Celmins. Image courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

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  • Video: Vija Celmins

    Video: Vija Celmins speaks about her work, February 2011

  • Announcement for Grup Shrow at Mizuno Gallery

    Announcement for the exhibition Grup Shrow at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1972. © Riko Mizuno. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.3

  • Announcement, Tom Wudl exhibition at Mizuno Gallery

    Announcement for Tom Wudl exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1974. © Tom Wudl. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.2

  • Poster for Ed Moses exhibition

    Poster for Ed Moses exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1969. Courtesy Mizuno Gallery. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Michael Asher , 2009.M.30

  • Poster for Vija Celmins exhibition

    Poster for Vija Celmins exhibition at David Stuart Galleries in Los Angeles, February 28-March 26, 1966. © Vija Celmins. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Michael Asher, 2009.M.30.13

  • Announcement, Chris Burden at Mizuno Gallery

    Announcement for Dead Man performance by Chris Burden at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 12, 1972. © Chris Burden. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.4

  • Announcement, Jack Goldstein at Mizuno Gallery

    Announcement for Jack Goldstein exhibition at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 1972. © Jack Goldstein Estate. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.1

  • Ed Moses with his installation at Mizuno Gallery

    Ed Moses with his installation at Mizuno Gallery, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston

  • Vija Celmins

    Vija Celmins in her studio in Venice, California, 1966. Photo by Tony Berlant. Art © Vija Celmins