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.

From the Archive

Mary Corse working in downtown Los Angeles in 1966. Courtesy of and © Mary Corse

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Historic Map Locations

• Explore the historic Los Angeles art scene related to this type of work.

Styles & Materials

• Light & Space
• New Processes
• Painting

Time Periods & Venues

• 1960s
• Artists’ Studios

Works of Art

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  Untitled (White Light Grid Series-V), 1969, Mary Corse. Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas. 108 x 108 in. Andrea Nasher Collection. Permission courtesy Ace Gallery and the artist

Explore the Archive

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  Video: Mary Corse speaks about her work, April 2011

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  Mary Corse working in downtown Los Angeles in 1966. Image courtesy of and © Mary Corse