Pacific Standard Time Los Angeles Art, 19451980 by Peabody

Pacific Standard Time Los Angeles Art, 19451980 by Peabody

A stunningly illustrated history of the vibrant and diverse postwar art scene in Los Angeles.

This comprehensive, richly illustrated book explores postwar American art from a new perspective: Southern California. The analysis of the L.A. art scene from the end of World War II until the beginning of the 1980s--the first in-depth scholarly survey of the region's art--demonstrates the major role Southern California artists played in the twentieth century's most influential art movements. 

 Grounded in more than a decade of research, the five chapters augmented by lively sidebars take readers on a tour of an art world in constant formation. The story unfolds through the people, relationships, and ideas that defined the region's artistic production. Photographs and rare materials from the Getty Research Institute and other archives bring the era to life, opening a window onto the emergence of hardedge abstraction, ceramic sculpture, assemblage, pop art, conceptualism, performance art, and avant-garde practices that blurred boundaries and defied labels. The result is an indispensable resource that will fundamentally change the view of modern art in America.  

Glenn Phillips is curator and head of modern and contemporary collections at the Getty Research Institute. Philipp Kaiser is an independent curator based in Los Angeles. Doris Chon is a research specialist at the Getty Research Institute, where Pietro Rigolo is a special collections archivist.

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ISBN 13	9781606060728
ISBN 10	1606060724
Title	Pacific Standard Time Los Angeles Art, 19451980
Author	Peabody
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Getty Trust Publications
Year published	2011-10-18
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Fine Art) 2012
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.