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.

Claire S. Copley Gallery

Announcement, "The Violent Tapes of 1975"

Announcement for The Violent Tapes of 1975, a David Lamelas exhibition at Claire Copley Gallery, in Los Angeles, 1976. © David Lamelas. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Hal Glicksman, 2009.M.5.3

Though open only five years—from 1973 to 1977—the Claire S. Copley Gallery made a name for itself as an outpost for conceptual artists such as Bas Jan Ader, Daniel Buren, David Lamelas, and Allan Ruppersberg. It is still well known as the site of Michael Asher’s 1974 installation, in which he exposed the gallery’s office spaces by removing the partition wall.

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Works of Art

  • Pam Beale

    Pam Beale, 1971, Allan McCollum. Dyed and bleached canvas with caulk. 103 x 103 in. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, Gift of Anne V. Champ, 1974. © Allan McCollum

Explore the Archive

  • Announcement, "The Violent Tapes of 1975"

    Announcement for The Violent Tapes of 1975, a David Lamelas exhibition at Claire Copley Gallery, in Los Angeles, 1976. © David Lamelas. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Hal Glicksman, 2009.M.5.3