Pacific Standard Time: LA's Art History from 1945 to 1980
Running from October 2011 to April 2012, "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980" is a joint effort involving more than sixty cultural organizations throughout Southern California. Supported by over ten million dollars from the Getty Research Institute, the initiative encompasses fifty exhibitions and a performance festival that chronicles Los Angeles' rise as a hub for art, highlighting movements from pop to neo-minimalism. Critics Peter Frank, who relocated from New York in 1987, and Andrew Berardini, who emphasizes CalArts' influence, reflect on the evolution of LA's art scene. The performance tradition, shaped by Chris Burden and feminist initiatives at the Women's Building (1971-1978), along with the punk movement, continues to impact contemporary art, which now features a significant connection to cinema.
Key facts
- Pacific Standard Time runs from October 2011 to April 2012.
- Over sixty cultural institutions participate across Southern California.
- The Getty Research Institute provided over ten million dollars in funding.
- The initiative includes about fifty exhibitions and a performance festival.
- CalArts was founded by Walt Disney and became a center for conceptual art.
- John Baldessari and Allan Kaprow were key teachers at CalArts.
- Mike Kelley's decision to stay in LA after CalArts helped build the local scene.
- The performance movement in LA was partly driven by lack of funds.
Entities
Artists
- Peter Frank
- Andrew Berardini
- John Baldessari
- Allan Kaprow
- Mike Kelley
- Paul McCarthy
- Chris Burden
- Raymond Pettibon
- Ed Ruscha
- David Salle
- Larry Bell
- Sterling Ruby
- Joel Kyack
- Nathan Mabry
- Amanda Ross-Ho
- Dennis Cooper
- Robert Irwin
- Stanton Macdonald-Wright
- Karl Benjamin
- Harrison McIntosh
- Ed Kienholz
- George Helms
- Wallace Berman
- Betye Saar
- David Hammons
- John Outterbridge
- Yoshua Okon
- Bruce Nauman
- James Welling
- Jack Goldstein
- Barbara Bloom
- Matt Mullican
- Walter Hopps
- Bob Alexander
- Billy Al Bengston
- Ed Moses
- Kenneth Price
- Llyn Foulkes
- Andy Warhol
- Man Ray
- Marcel Duchamp
- Igor Stravinsky
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Tim Nye
- Roger Corman
- Dennis Hopper
- Gin Shaw
- Greg Ginn
- Yann Perreau
Institutions
- Getty Research Institute
- CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)
- University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Hammer Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Los Angeles
- Ferus Gallery
- Women's Building
- L.A. Weekly
- Huffington Post
- ArtForum
- Frieze Magazine
- Mousse
- artpress
- Black Flag
- Destroy All Monsters
- My Barbarians
- Here is Elsewhere
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- California
- Southern California
- San Diego
- Santa Barbara
- New York
- Chicago
- London
- Berlin
- Beijing
- San Francisco
- Detroit
- Hollywood
- East Village
- Europe
Sources
- artpress —