Southern California's Light and Space Movement Reexamined Through Getty Initiative and MoMA Dialogue

Key facts

• The Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time initiative features Light and Space art at over a dozen Southern California venues.
• 'Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface' is at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego through January 22, 2012.
• MoMA in New York has reinstalled a gallery contrasting L.A. Light and Space works with New York Minimalism from the mid-1960s.
• L.A. artists used materials like polyester resin, Plexiglas, and fiberglass to manipulate light and perception.
• Key artists include Helen Pashgian, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, De Wain Valentine, James Turrell, and Mary Corse.
• The movement contrasts with New York Minimalism represented by Donald Judd, Robert Morris, and Frank Stella.
• Exhibitions are listed at venues including the Getty Center, Ace Gallery, Pomona College Museum of Art, and various galleries in Los Angeles and San Diego.
• The article suggests a future exhibition combining Light and Space with East Coast Minimalism for broader study.