Video: Interview with John McCracken, October 4, 2010, New York, NY. © 2010 Glenstone

Video: Charles Brittin speaks about the Peace Tower (Artist's Tower of Protest, 1966), November 2006

Video: Making the Scene—find out about the L.A. gallery scene during the postwar years

Video: Arts advocate Lyn Kienholz talks about censorship in the L.A. art scene

Video: Visit Edward Kienholz’s 1966 LACMA exhibition and watch people react to his 1964 sculpture Back Seat Dodge ’38. Excerpt from the documentary film Kienholz on Exhibit, 1969, directed by June Steel. © June Steel

Audio: Hear Robert Alexander discuss his artwork. Excerpt from an interview with Robert Alexander by Sandra Leonard Starr, 1986. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Sandra Leonard Starr, 2011.M.22. Courtesy of the Temple of Man, Inc.

Video: Artist George Herms shares anecdotes about the California assemblage community

Video: Discover how L.A. artists of the 1960s and 1970s appropriated commercial culture

Video: Learn more about the region’s network of art schools with artist Barbara T. Smith

Exhibition Film: Learn about the birth of the L.A. art scene from the people who shaped it. Their dynamic developments and artistic innovations during the postwar period turned the city into a world-class art center.

Video: The story behind the making of Gray Column, from its original concept to its display at the Getty Center, includes a wealth of stunning archival images taken during Gray Column’s creation.

Video: George Herms speaks about the work of Wallace Berman, March 2011

Video: Vija Celmins speaks about her work, February 2011

Video: Judy Chicago speaks about her work, April 2011

Semina cover with Wife (photograph of Shirley Berman), 1959, Wallace Berman. Semina journal, no. 4 (1959) by Wallace Berman. Halftone reproduction on cardstock. 9 7/16 x 8 x 1/16 in. The Getty Research Institute, 2564-801.no1.2. Courtesy of the Estate of Wallace Berman and Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles