Descriptive Summary
Administrative History and Project Background
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Modern Art in Los Angeles recordings
Date (inclusive): 2003-2011
Number: IA40018
Creator/Collector:
Getty Research Institute
Physical Description:
18.02 Linear Feet
(38 boxes and 50 enclosures)
Physical Description:
65.83 GB
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Institutional Records and Archives
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
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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.
Request Materials: 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.
Language: Collection material is in English
Administrative History and Project Background
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..
Administrative Information
Access 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.
Publication Rights
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
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 History
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.
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.
Related Materials
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.
Getty Research Institute Scholars Program images and recordings, 1985-2013. The Getty Research Institute. IA20026.
Getty Research Institute Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. recordings, 2008-2012. The Getty Research Institute. IA40011.
Getty Research Institute Public Event recordings. The Getty Research Institute. IA40002.
Getty Research Institute Pacific Standard Time: Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 exhibition oral history interviews,
2011-2012. The Getty Research Institute. IA40025.
Getty Research Institute Cool School oral history recordings, 2005-2006.The Getty Research Institute. IA40027.
Getty Research Institute California Video exhibition project files and oral history recordings, 2006-2008. The Getty Research
Institute. IA60004.
California Video: Artists and Histories. Edited by Glenn Phillips. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008.
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 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.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Blum, Irving, , 1930-
Brant, Henry, 1913-2008
Chicago, Judy, 1939-
Brittin, Charles
Byrnes, James B.
Grinstein, Stanley
Herms, George, 1935-
Irwin, Robert, 1928-
Hammersley, Frederick, 1919-2009
Hopkins, Henry, 1928-2009
McMillan, Jerry, 1936-
Ruscha, Edward
Hopps, Walter
Claxton, William
Moffitt, Peggy
Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Baldessari, John, 1931-
Saar, Betye
Valentine, DeWain, 1936-
Antin, Eleanor
Ellin, Everett
Faure, Patricia, 1928-
Rosenthal, Rachel, 1926-2015
Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976
Berman, Shirley
Anger, Kenneth
Harrington, Curtis
Jordan, Larry, 1934-
Meltzer, David
Williams, Mason, 1938-
Carrasco, Barbara, 1955-
Hassinger, Maren
Jenkins, Ulysses, 1946-
McCullough, Barbara
Nengudi, Senga, 1943-
Pashgian, Helen, 1934-
Goode, Joe, 1937-
Benjamin, Karl
Bengston, Billy Al
Celmins, Vija, 1938-
Mizuno, Riko
Drinkwater, Harry, 1919-2014
Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010
Teske, Edmund, 1911-1996
Brogan, Jack
Cowles, Charles, 1941-
Corse, Mary, 1945-
Edwards, Melvin, 1937-
Davis, Ronald, 1937-
Foulkes, Llyn, 1934-
Mason, John, 1955-
Neuendorf, Hans
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History
Studio Z (Firm)
Freeman House (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Gallery 32
Subjects - Topics
Artists -- United States -- Interviews
Art, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century
Experimental films -- United States
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Art galleries, Commercial -- 20th century
Artists -- United States -- 20th century
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions
Women artists -- United States -- 20th century
Art -- Modern -- 20th century
Painting, Abstract -- California -- Los Angeles
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- 20th century
Arts, American -- 20th century
Feminism and art -- United States -- 20th century
African American art -- United States -- 20th century
African American artists -- United States -- 20th century
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Performance art
Artists and community -- California -- 20th century
Art and social action -- United States -- 20th century
Community art projects
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
Assemblage (Art)
Prints -- Technique
Genres and Forms of Material
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Oral histories (document genres)
Events
Electronic records (digital records)
Contributors
Getty Research Institute
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Some of 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, keyword, or by the topical collection title "Modern Art in Los Angeles collection (Getty
Research Institute)."