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Event performance at University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970, Wolfgang Stoerchle. Gelatin silver print documenting the event, unknown photographer. 9 15/16 x 8 in. The Getty Research Institute, 2009.M.16.1. © J. Paul Getty Trust
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In Mourning and In Rage media performance at Los Angeles City Hall, December 13, 1977, Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz-Starus. Gelatin silver prints documenting the event by Susan Mogul. 7 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. The Getty Research Institute, Lawrence Alloway Papers, 2003.M.46. Photo courtesy of Susan Mogul
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Video: Larry Bell speaks about his work, March 2011
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Video: Mary Corse speaks about her work, April 2011
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Video: Melvin Edwards speaks about his work, July 2010
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Video: Joe Goode speaks about his work, March 2011
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Video: Hans Neuendorf speaks about the work of Robert Graham, February 2011
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Video: George Herms speaks about his work, March 2011
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Video: John Mason speaks about his work, March 2010
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Video: Ron Miyashiro speaks about his work, June 2010
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Video: Billy Al Bengston speaks about his work, March 2010
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Video: Ed Moses speaks about his work, November 2009
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Video: Helen Pashgian speaks about her work, April 2010
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Video: Ed Ruscha speaks about his work, April 2011
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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
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.
