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Announcement for the exhibition Grup Shrow at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1972. © Riko Mizuno. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.3
On View at the Getty Center: Greetings from L.A.: Artists and Publics 1950-1980
This black and white invitation for a “grup shrow” features a list of seemingly strangely-named artists. They were in fact fairly well-known L.A. artists (such as Chuck Arnoldi, Laddy Dill, and Vija Celmins), only “translated” by a Japanese accent. Riko Mizuno, the owner of the Mizuno Gallery, had moved to Los Angeles from Japan in the 1950s as a young art student, and to this day retains her accent. The humor of the card lies not only in the visual transposition of the accents into various fonts, but also in the fact that Dave Bungay’s name was not transformed.
Exhibition audio: Learn about Riko Mizuno’s gallery.
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Video: Making the Scene—find out about the L.A. gallery scene during the postwar years
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Video: Riko Mizuno, Vija Celmins, and Ed Moses speak about the Mizuno Gallery, 2009–11
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Announcement for Tom Wudl exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1974. © Tom Wudl. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.2
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Poster for Ed Moses exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1969. Courtesy Mizuno Gallery. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Michael Asher , 2009.M.30
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Announcement for Dead Man performance by Chris Burden at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 12, 1972. © Chris Burden. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.4
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Announcement for Jack Goldstein exhibition at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 1972. © Jack Goldstein Estate. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.1
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Ed Moses with his installation at Mizuno Gallery, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston
