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.
Exhibitions at the Getty Center
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Video: Betye Saar speaks about her work, March 2011. Footage of the Watts Towers courtesy and © Over the Moon Productions
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Video: Irving Blum, John Mason, and Billy Al Bengston speak about the work of Peter Voulkos, 2010–11
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Video: Jack Brogan speaks about working with Los Angeles artists, June 2011
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Video: Peter Alexander speaks about his work, May 2010
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Video: George Herms speaks about the work of Cameron, 2002. Footage courtesy of the Cameron Parsons Foundation
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Video: Karl Benjamin speaks about his work, December 2009
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Video: Riko Mizuno, Vija Celmins, and Ed Moses speak about the Mizuno Gallery, 2009–11
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Video: Joe Goode, Charles Cowles, Ed Moses, and Hans Neuendorf speak about Nicholas Wilder and his gallery, 2009–11
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Video: Documentation of the artistic process, fabrication, and installation of Robert Irwin’s installation Black on White
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Video: Joe Goode, Larry Bell, Ron Miyashiro, and Jerry McMillan speak about the exhibition War Babies, 2010–11
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Video: Irving Blum and Billy Al Bengston speak about the work of John Altoon, 2010-11
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Video: Ronald Davis speaks about his work, June 2011
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Video: Attend the opening of Edward Kienholz’s 1961 exhibition at the Ferus Gallery. Excerpt from the television program Story of an Artist, 1962, directed by William Kronick. Licensed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Video: Sarah Bancroft speaks about Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park series, June 2011
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Video: Luchita Mullican speaks about the work of Lee Mullican, July 2011