Getty Museum acquires 105 artist holograms from C-Project

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has received a donation of 105 artist holograms on glass plates from Archival Master Plate Collection LLC, facilitated by collectors Guy and Nora Barron. This collection, created in the early 1990s as part of the C-Project, showcases pieces by 20 artists, including notable names like John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, and Roy Lichtenstein. Many holograms reinterpret works from other artistic forms, such as Larry Bell's geometric designs and Ross Bleckner's three-dimensional avian figures. Alongside the holograms, a comprehensive archive of research materials for a forthcoming exhibition is included. Getty director Timothy Potts emphasized the fusion of traditional photography with laser technology. Holography, first theorized by Dennis Gabor in the 1940s, has had limited application in the art world.