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Title: Modern Art in Los Angeles and Pacific Standard Time recordings
Date (inclusive): 2003-2012
Number: IA40018
Creator/Collector:
Getty Research Institute
Physical Description:
17.0 linear feet
(38 boxes and 66 enclosures)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Institutional Records and Archives
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
archives@getty.edu
Abstract: Materials principally comprise audiovisual recordings of oral history interviews, public conversations, and lectures dating
from 2003-2012, generated by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) through its
Modern Art in Los Angeles and
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. initiatives. Materials also include supporting documentation for the initiatives, including
interview transcripts, photographs, and ephemera. The interviews and events were conducted to record leading artists, filmmakers,
musicians, curators, and critics as they discuss their contributions to Los Angeles' vibrant postwar (1945-1980) art scene.
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Language: Collection material is in
English
Administrative History and Project Background
The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is a program developed and overseen by the J. Paul Getty Trust. The GRI serves an international
community of scholars and the interested public through special collections of rare materials and digital resources. The GRI
creates and disseminates new knowledge through its active collecting program, public programs, institutional collaborations,
exhibitions, publications, digital services, and residential scholars program.
The GRI's Exhibitions department develops and designs exhibitions at the GRI and organizes events related to the exhibitions.
The GRI's Contemporary Programs and Research Department facilitated multidisciplinary programming related to architecture
and contemporary arts until July, 2009. At that time, as part of a larger restructuring of the GRI, Contemporary Programs
and Research merged with the Department of Architecture to form the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art. The Department
of Architecture and Contemporary Art and its predecessors are/were responsible for the creation and oversight of the
Modern Art in Los Angeles and
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. initiatives.
The
Modern Art in Los Angeles project is a series of public conversations sponsored by the GRI, dating back to 2003, in which leading artists, filmmakers,
musicians, curators, and critics discuss their contributions to Los Angeles' vibrant postwar (1945-1980) art scene. Much of
the research and product generated by the GRI's
Modern Art in Los Angeles activities were created by the same curators and art historians that were the driving force behind the Getty's larger initiative,
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. This singular vision brought the efforts and products of both projects together.
Both projects strive to collect, document, and preserve the art historical records of Los Angeles from 1945 to 1980, but while
Modern Art in Los Angeles is an initiative specific to the Getty, the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project is a broader, collaborative project with over 60 cultural institutions across Southern California. It includes exhibitions,
publications, lectures, symposia, performance art, theater, concerts, readings, and film screenings, as well as an extensive
series of oral history interviews. The J. Paul Getty Museum participated in the project by presenting a major exhibition from
2011 to 2012, titled
Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970, that surveyed postwar painting and sculpture in Los Angeles. Concurrent exhibitions were featured at over 30 additional venues
citywide, including the Getty Research Institute, which presented rich archival material from this historic period.
Original recordings and duplication masters are restricted; use copies are available for use by qualified researchers.
Use copies exist for most audio and video recordings in this collection, however, the production of use copies may be required
for some materials before access can be granted and may add a delay to research requests. Advanced notice is required for
the production of use copies. Special handling and gloves are required for the handling of color photographs.
The following types of records are permanently closed: records containing personal information, records that compromise security
or operations, legal communications, legal work product, and records related to donors. The J. Paul Getty Trust reserves the
right to restrict access to any records held by the Institutional Archives.
Contact
Library Rights and Reproductions at the Getty Research Institute for copyright information and permission to publish.
[Cite the item and series (as appropriate)], The Modern Art in Los Angeles and Pacific Standard Time recordings collection
(2003-2012), Getty Research Institute. The Getty Research Institute (IA40018).
Materials dating from 2003 to 2011 were originally transferred to the Getty Research Institute Special Collections holdings
by various departments in the Getty Research Institute. Materials dating from 2011/2012 forward were transferred directly
to the Institutional Archives' holdings by the Getty Research Institute Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art. In
2012 it was determined that material generated by
Modern Art in Los Angeles activities should be located in the same repository as material generated by the closely-related
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A.project; thus the material was brought together in the Institutional Archives.
Some materials were originally processed by Special Collections staff prior to 2012. In 2012, when the materials were transferred
from Special Collections to Institutional Archives, the materials were processed by Samantha Guerrero, Cyndi Shein, Katie
Duvall and Emmabeth Nanol. The finding aid was created by Samantha Guerrero and Cyndi Shein in 2012. Katie Duvall arranged
and described additional accessions in 2013.
Periodic additions to these materials are expected.
Please note that use copies of event recordings have been created over a period of time in a variety of formats. Some digital
media players are unable to recognize some CDs/DVDs. A cross-platform media player is recommended for listening/viewing use
copies that exist in CD or DVD format
The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the people, programs, and subjects covered
by the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Pacific Standard Time Oral History Interviews with Artists, Filmmakers, Curators, Collectors, and Critics, 2008-2012. Pacific Standard Time (Project). The Getty Research Institute. Finding aid no. 40011.
Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980. Edited by Rebecca Peabody, Andrew Perchuk, Glenn Phillips, and Rani Singh. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute and the
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011.
Scope and Content of Collection
Materials principally comprise audiovisual recordings of oral history interviews, public conversations, and lectures from
2003 to 2012, generated by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) through its
Modern Art in Los Angeles and
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. initiatives. The materials include some supporting documentation such as transcripts, photographs, and ephemera. The interviews
and events were conducted to record leading artists, filmmakers, musicians, curators, and critics as they discuss their contributions
to Los Angeles' vibrant postwar (1945-1980) art scene.
Materials are arranged in two series:
Series I: Modern Art in Los Angeles/Pacific Standard Time oral history interviews and event recordings, 2003-2012;
Series II: Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970 exhibition audio, 2011.
Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History
Art galleries, Commercial--20th century
Art, American--California--Los Angeles--20th century
Art, Modern--20th century--Criticism, interpretation, etc
Art, Modern--Exhibitions
Artists--United States--20th century
Artists--United States--Interviews
Experimental films--United States
Women artists--United States--20th century
Events
Oral histories (document genres)
Sound recordings
Video recordings
Pacific Standard Time (Project)
The recordings have been described in more detail in individual library catalog records. For additional information on a particular
event, search the Getty Research Institute
Library Catalog by event name, participant name, or keyword.