Getty Research Institute. Modern Art in Los Angeles Recordings, 2003-2011

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Summary

Title:
Modern Art in Los Angeles recordings
Dates:
2003-2011
Creators:
Getty Research Institute
Abstract:
Materials principally comprise audiovisual recordings of oral history interviews, public conversations, and lectures dating 2003-2011, generated by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) through its Modern Art in Los Angeles initiative. Materials also include supporting documentation for the initiative, 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.
Extent:
18.02 Linear Feet (38 boxes and 50 enclosures) and 65.83 GB
Language:
Collection material is in English
Preferred citation:

[Cite the item and series (as appropriate)], Modern Art in Los Angeles Recordings (2003-2011), Getty Research Institute. The Getty Research Institute (IA40018).

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifaia40018

Background

Scope and content:

Materials principally comprise audiovisual recordings of oral history interviews, public conversations, and lectures from 2003 to 2011, generated by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) through its Modern Art in Los Angeles initiative. 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.

Arrangement

Records are organized into one series: Series I. Modern Art in Los Angeles Recordings.

Biographical / historical:

The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is an operating program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, a not-for-profit educational, cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts. Originally established in 1983 as the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (GCHAH), the objective of the GCHAH was to foster advanced research in art, its history, diversity, and meaning in culture by engaging scholars from various disciplines in the humanities. In 1996, in order to avoid confusion with the soon-to-open Getty Center campus in Brentwood, the GCHAH was renamed the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities and in 2000, the program's name was shortened to the Getty Research Institute (GRI).

The GRI's mission is to further knowledge and advance understanding of the visual arts and their various histories through advanced research and scholarship, and through its activities and resources, provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and scholarly exchange. The GRI's Research Library, consisting of over one million books, periodicals, study photographs, auction catalogs and special collections of rare and unique materials, as well as online resources and databases, serve an international community of scholars and the interested public. The GRI also provides intellectual leadership through its research projects, exhibitions, and publication programs and provides service to a wide range of scholars worldwide through residencies, fellowships, hosted lectures and symposia, and its innovative digital reference tools. Through all of its programs and activities, the GRI endeavors to provide resources, expertise, and a collaborative environment for art-historical research and publication.

Through the GRI's multidisciplinary programming, first from the department of Contemporary Programs and Research and later, its successor, the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art (DACA), the GRI worked to advance art history scholarship of contemporary art, including sound art, audiovisual documentation of personal art, experimental music, and dance as well as a focus on the birth of video as an artistic medium around the world. DACA and its predecessors are/were responsible for the creation and oversight of the Modern Art in Los Angeles.

The Modern Art in Los Angeles project is a series of public conversations sponsored by the GRI, dating back to 2002, 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 was precursor to and the driving force behind the Getty's larger 2011 initiative, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A..

Acquisition information:

Accessions 2012.IA.058, 2012.IA.059, 2012.IA.060, 2012.IA.061, 2012.IA.062, 2012.IA.063, 2012.IA.064, 2012.IA.065, 2012.IA.066, 2012.IA.067, 2012.IA.068, 2012.IA.069, 2012.IA.070, 2012.IA.071, 2012.IA.072, 2012.IA.073, 2012.IA.074, 2012.IA.075, 2012.IA.078, 2012.IA.079, 2012.IA.080, 2012.IA.082, 2012.IA.083, 2012.IA.084, 2012.IA.085, 2012.IA.086, 2012.IA.089, 2012.IA.092, 2012.IA.093, 2012.IA.094, 2012.IA.095, 2012.IA.096, 2012.IA.097, 2012.IA.098, 2012.IA.099, 2012.IA.100, 2012.IA.101, 2012.IA.102, 2012.IA.103, 2012.IA.104, 2012.IA.105, 2012.IA.106, 2012.IA.107, 2012.IA.108, 2012.IA.109, 2012.IA.110, 2012.IA.111, 2012.IA.112, 2012.IA.113, 2012.IA.114, 2012.IA.115, 2012.IA.116, 2012.IA.117, 2012.IA.119, 2012.IA.120, 2012.IA.121 and 2012.IA.122 were originally transferred to the Getty Research Institute Special Collections holdings by various departments in the Getty Research Institute. By 2011/2012, however, materials were being 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.

Accession 2019.IA.12 was transferred from the Getty Research Institute.

Processing information:

Some materials were originally processed by Special Collections staff prior to 2012. In 2012, materials were transferred from Special Collections to Institutional Archives and 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. Materials were digitized in 2015 and 2016.

In 2014, it was determined that all of the Cool School oral histories were not created as part of the Modern Art in Los Angeles and Pacific Standard Time projects and were removed from this collection to form their own independent collection (finding aid number IA40027).

The records in the following accessions were previously processed and originally described in finding aid IA40011: 2012.IA.066, 2012.IA.082, 2012.IA.083, 2012.IA.084, 2012.IA.085, 2012.IA.086, 2012.IA.089, 2012.IA.092, 2012.IA.093, 2012.IA.094, 2012.IA.095, 2012.IA.096, 2012.IA.097, 2012.IA.098, 2012.IA.099, 2012.IA.100, 2012.IA.101, 2012.IA.102, 2012.IA.103, 2012.IA.104, 2012.IA.105, 2012.IA.106, 2012.IA.107, 2012.IA.108, 2012.IA.109, 2012.IA.110, 2012.IA.111, 2012.IA.112, 2012.IA.113, 2012.IA.114, 2012.IA.115, 2012.IA.116, 2012.IA.117, 2012.IA.119, 2012.IA.120, 2012.IA.121, 2012.IA.122. In 2020, it was determined that that those recordings were not Pacific Standard Time material and were separated and incorporated into this collection by Helen Kim.

Physical / technical requirements:

Please note that use copies of recordings have been created over a period of time in a variety of formats. Some digital media players are unable to recognize some DVDs. A cross-platform media player is recommended for viewing use copies that exist in DVD format. Electronic files must be viewed with a computer that has internet access. Access to digital files is available online through the links provided in the inventory. Due to rights restrictions, some online recordings are available to on-site researchers only.

Physical location:
To access physical and digital materials described in this inventory, go to the library catalog record for this collection and click "Connect to Guide to the Modern Art in Los Angeles recordings, 2003-2011." Click here for general library access policy. See the Administrative Information section of this finding aid for access restrictions specific to the records described below. Please note, some of the records may be stored off site; advanced notice is required for access to these materials. Some digitized materials may be available for on-site access only.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Samantha Guerrero, Cyndi Shein, Katie Duvall, and Helen Kim
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-11-10 12:53:16 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are digitized and available online. Digital images and files are for study purposes only. Copyright restrictions may apply. Original recordings and duplication masters are restricted.

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. 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.

Terms of access:

Contact Rights and Reproductions at the Getty Research Institute for copyright information and permission to publish. Digital images and files from this website are for study purposes only. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred citation:

[Cite the item and series (as appropriate)], Modern Art in Los Angeles Recordings (2003-2011), Getty Research Institute. The Getty Research Institute (IA40018).

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifaia40018

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
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