The Getty's 'Pacific Standard Time' Initiative: Exhibiting Los Angeles as an Epicentre of Mid-century Art and Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-214
Author(s):  
A. Thabet
Author(s):  
Editor

An earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley on January 17 at 4:30 am. Pacific Standard Time. The epicenter was located at 34°13' North, 118°3' West at a depth of 14.6km. The surface wave magnitude from the National Earthquake Information Centre was 6.6. The local magnitude was 6.4. Most of this information was prepared within a few days of the earthquake occurring and some of the material included in this report was issued as a press release. A more detailed report is currently being prepared by the Reconnaissance Team sent by the Society.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 128-133
Author(s):  
Paulina Pardo Gaviria

This exhibit review considers three separate exhibitions that were part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Los Angeles/Latin America) for how their simultaneous showcase of works by Letícia Parente (Brazil, 1930–1991) effectively revealed multiple layers of meaning in her work, while acting as a through line between exhibitions.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-695
Author(s):  
Eva Zetterman

This article departs from the huge art-curating project Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945–1980, a Getty funded initiative running in Southern California from October 2011 to April 2012 with a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene. One of the Pacific Standard Time (PST) exhibitions was Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972–1987, running from September to December 2011 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). This was the first retrospective of a conceptual performance group of Chicanos from East Los Angeles, who from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s acted out critical interventions in the politically contested urban space of Los Angles. In conjunction with the Asco retrospective at LACMA, the Getty Foundation co-sponsored a new street mural by the Chicano artist Willie Herrón, paying homage to his years in the performance group Asco. The PST exhibition program also included so-called Mural Remix Tours, taking fine art audiences from LACMA to Herrón’s place-specific new mural in City Terrace in East Los Angeles. This article analyze the inclusion in the PST project of Herrón’s site-specific mural in City Terrace and the Mural Remix Tours to East Los Angeles with regard to the power relations of fine art and critical subculture, center and periphery, the mainstream and the marginal. As a physical monument dependent on a heavy sense of the past, Herrón’s new mural, titled Asco: East of No West, transforms the physical and social environment of City Terrace, changing its public space into an official place of memory. At the same time, as an art historical monument officially added to the civic map of Los Angeles, the mural becomes a permanent reminder of the segregation patterns that still exist in the urban space of Los Angeles.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Josh Kun

This past spring, the exhibition Trouble in Paradise: Music and Los Angeles 1945–75 opened at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative. The show—which featured an audio-visual timeline wall, a digital jukebox, and two galleries of video, music, photography, and historical artifacts—explored the popular myths, social realities, and political upheavals of life in post-WWII LA through the city’s multiple music scenes. The following is the text from the exhibit’s timeline, a guide to the key political tensions, cultural breakthroughs, and musical moments of the period that helped shape the making of this exhibition


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (41) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Marina Sender Contell ◽  
Ana Torres Barchino

<p>Sol Madridejos, es arquitecta por la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid y, junto a su socio Juan Carlos Sancho forman su estudio S.M.A.O. Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office. Su obra ha sido ampliamente difundida a nivel nacional e internacional, y ha obtenido numerosos premios y reconocimientos.</p><p>Ha compatibilizado el ejercicio libre de la profesión con la docencia, ha sido profesora de proyectos en la Universidad Europea de Madrid y en la Universidad CEU San Pablo, ha estado también presente como profesora invitada e impartiendo diversos cursos y conferencias en numerosas escuelas de arquitectura como l’ École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), la Universidad Pontificia de Lima, el Massachusetts Institute de Boston (MIT), el College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University en Shangahi, el OTIS College of Art and Design de los Angeles o la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Bogotá, etc.</p><p>Entre sus obras más destacadas en los últimos 10 años podemos indicar: El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante, el Centro de las Artes y la Tecnología -CAT- de Segovia, el Nuevo Campus para la escuela de Negocios del IESE en Madrid o el Teatro Alboroujh en El Cairo entre otras. En todos sus proyectos trabajan sobre conceptos surgidos el campo de las artes plásticas y su expresión en el ámbito arquitectónico. Especial atención merece el proyecto de la Capilla en Valleacerón (Almadenejos, 1996-2001), en la que exploran la relación entre el paisaje y el objeto a través del pliegue como generador del proyecto arquitectónico.</p><p>Con motivo de la lección inaugural del master de Arquitectura Avanzada, Urbanismo, Paisaje y Diseño de la ETSAV para el curso 2019-20, tuvimos la oportunidad de conversar con Sol sobre sus trabajos y la importancia que la expresión gráfica cobra en sus proyectos.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
Tatiana Flores ◽  
Harper Montgomery

The Getty Foundation's 2017 initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA provided a rare instance in which art historians and curators collaborated closely on extended research projects aimed at expanding narratives about Latin American and Latinx art and culture. It pondered how art history might be reimagined to address the complex geographies and temporalities of Latin/x American art, honoring specificities while also proposing new frameworks. Taken as a whole, the exhibitions also exposed the constraints of curatorial practice to generate new epistemologies, calling attention to the shortcomings of conventional art historical methods and their tendency to reproduce predetermined structures for organizing knowledge when they go unquestioned. Inspired by the multitude of generative conversations produced in the wake of PST: LA/LA, this Dialogue addresses the methodological constraints of art historical, curatorial, and artistic practices by inviting contributors to reflect on how their methods have been shaped by the demands of the field. This Dialogue includes an introductory text by Tatiana Flores and Harper Montgomery in which they argue for the utility of the concepts of “radical inclusion,” developed by the philosopher Gerald Raunig, and “complex connectivity,” coined by sociologist John Tomlinson, and six essays in which the authors address questions of ethics, inclusion, and historiography: Amy Buono focuses on museums and collections in Brazil, Laura Anderson Barbata on a papermaking project in the Venezuelan Amazon, Erina Duganne on activist artists in Central America and the United States, Alma Ruiz on her efforts to promote the collecting and exhibition of Latin American art in Los Angeles, Edith A. G. Wolfe on pedagogy and post-hurricane Puerto Rico, and Ana María Reyes on symbolic reparations in Colombia and Brazil. La iniciativa de la Fundación Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA, del año 2017, dio lugar a proyectos poco usuales en que historiadores y curadores de arte se propusieron dar cuenta de manera más completa y robusta del arte y la cultura latinoamericanos y latinxs. Se reflexionó sobre cómo se podría reinventar la historia del arte para abordar las complejas geografías y temporalidades del arte latinoamericano y latinx, respetando sus especificidades al tiempo que proponía nuevos marcos. En conjunto, las exposiciones también revelaron las limitaciones de la práctica de los curadores, generando, de este modo, nuevas epistemologías, que llaman la atención sobre las deficiencias de los métodos convencionales de la historia del arte y sobre su tendencia a reproducir estructuras predeterminadas para organizar el conocimiento cuando estos métodos no se cuestionan. Inspirado por la enorme cantidad de fructíferas conversaciones habidas durante Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA, el presente Diálogo aborda las limitaciones metodológicas de las prácticas históricas, curatoriales y de la historia del arte al invitar a quienes aportan a este espacio a reflexionar sobre cómo sus métodos han sido moldeados por las demandas del campo. Este Diálogo incluye un texto introductorio de Tatiana Flores y Harper Montgomery, en el que estos abogan por la utilidad de los conceptos de “inclusión radical”, desarrollado por el filósofo Gerald Raunig, y “conectividad compleja”, acuñado por el sociólogo John Tomlinson, y seis ensayos, en el que los autores abordan cuestiones de ética, inclusión e historiografía: Amy Buono se centra en museos y colecciones en Brasil, Laura Anderson Barbata lo hace en un proyecto de fabricación de papel en la Amazonía venezolana, Erina Duganne en artistas activistas en América Central y los Estados Unidos, Alma Ruiz sobre sus esfuerzos para promover la recolección y exhibición de arte latinoamericano en Los Ángeles, Edith A. G. Wolfe sobre pedagogía y Puerto Rico después del huracán, y Ana María Reyes sobre reparaciones simbólicas en Colombia y Brasil. A iniciativa de 2017 da Fundação Getty, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA proveu uma rara instância na qual historiadores e curadores de arte colaboraram estreitamente em projetos de pesquisa ampliados, com o objetivo de expandir narrativas sobre arte e cultura latino-americana e latinx. Ponderou-se como a história da arte pode ser reimaginada para endereçar as complexas geografias e temporalidades da arte latino-americana e latinx, honrando suas especificidades e, ao mesmo tempo, propondo novos enquadramentos. Tomadas como um todo, as exposições também expuseram as restrições da prática curatorial para gerar novas epistemologias, chamando a atenção para as deficiências dos métodos históricos da arte convencionais e sua tendência a reproduzir estruturas pré-determinadas para a organização do conhecimento quando não são questionados. Inspirado pela multitude de conversas generativas produzidas após o PST:LA/LA, esse Diálogos aborda as restrições metodológicas de práticas históricas da arte, curatoriais e artísticas, convidando contribuidores para refletir sobre como os seus métodos foram moldados pelas demandas do campo. Esse Diálogos inclui um texto introdutório por Tatiana Flores e Harper Montgomery, no qual argumentam pela utilidade dos conceitos de “inclusão radical”, desenvolvido pelo filósofo Gerald Raunig, e “conectividade complexa”, cunhado pelo sociólogo John Tomlinson, e seis ensaios nos quais os autores abordam questões de ética, inclusão e historiografia: Amy Buono se concentra em museus e coleções no Brasil, Laura Anderson Barbata em um projeto de fabricação de papel na Amazônia venezuelana, Erina Duganne em artistas ativistas na América Central e nos Estados Unidos, Alma Ruiz em seus esforços para promover a coleção e exibição da arte latino-americana em Los Angeles, Edith A. G. Wolfe em pedagogia e no Porto Rico pós-furacão e Ana María Reyes em reparações simbólicas na Colômbia e no Brasil.


Author(s):  
Irem Bilgi

Beginning in Los Angeles, California, in the 1970s, and also known as pop surrealism, the Lowbrow art movement was born as a part of punk music, comic books, street and skateboard cultures and is seen in all fields of art. This study is the reflection of the Lowbrow art movement on visual design fields such as illustration graphic design and typography, animation and designer toys. Lowbrow artists were difficult to be adopted in the arts and design fields in the first years of the movement, because they did not have a diploma in fine arts and came from the street culture. But in recent years, Lowbrow artists have proved themselves and have begun to produce art and design works that are exhibited in different fields. The aim of this study is to emphasise the importance of Lowbrow art, which is seen as a subculture today. Keywords: Lowbrow, pop surrealism, street art, illustration, designer toy, subculture, visual design.


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