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.

Norman Zammitt Studio

In 1964, artist Norman Zammitt moved into a storefront studio at this location that had earlier been occupied by artist Ed Ruscha. (The building was later dismantled to make way for the Verdugo off-ramp of the State Route 2 freeway). Here, Zammitt shifted his focus from painting to abstract sculpture, creating geometric three-dimensional works out of acrylic resins. He moved his studio back to Pasadena in 1972.

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  • Norman Zammit in his studio

    Norman Zammitt working in his studio in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, 1965. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the Frank J. Thomas Archives