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.

John Baldessari Studio

Before settling into this studio in Santa Monica in 1970, artist John Baldessari worked in National City (near San Diego_ and studied intermittently at San Diego State College; the University of California, Berkeley; UCLA; Otis Art Institute; and Chouinard Art Institute.

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Works of Art

  • Quality Material, John Baldessari

    Quality Material, 1966–68, John Baldessari. Acrylic on canvas. 67 3/4 x 56 1/2 in. Collection of Danielle and David Ganek. © John Baldessari

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  • John Baldessari, late 1960s

    John Baldessari in the late 1960s. Image courtesy of John Baldessari

  • Poster for John Baldessari exhibition

    Poster for John Baldessari exhibition Pure Beauty at Molly Barnes Gallery in Los Angeles, 1968. © John Baldessari. The Getty Research Institute, 890164.87