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Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980

Art Platform—Los Angeles is honored to be an official sponsor of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, an initiative of The Getty.

Opening on October 1, 2011, Pacific Standard Time bringing together more than sixty cultural institutions throughout Southern California to tell the story of the rise of the Los Angeles art scene and how it became a new force in the art world. This collaboration, the largest ever undertaken by cultural institutions in the region, will continue through April 2012. Pacific Standard Time is initiated by the Getty Foundation through grants totaling $10 million. Exploring and celebrating the significance of the crucial years after World War II through the tumultuous period of the 1960s and 70s, Pacific Standard Time encompasses developments from L.A. Pop to post-minimalism; from modernist architecture and design to multi-media installations; from the films of the African-American L.A. Rebellion to the feminist activities of the Woman’s Building; from ceramics to Chicano performance art; and from Japanese-American design to the pioneering work of artists’ collectives.

"As we mark the days toward the opening, the excitement about Pacific Standard Time continues to grow, and so does the project itself," Deborah Marrow, interim President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust stated. "What began as an effort to document the milestones in this region’s artistic history has expanded until it is now becoming a great creative landmark in itself. In fact, the story of Pacific Standard Time is so big, it needs this region-wide collaboration to tell it."

Presenting the artistic evolution of Los Angeles through an unprecedented array of simultaneous exhibitions and programs, Pacific Standard Time involves institutions of every size and character: from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Hammer Museum and the Getty Museum, to the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; California Institute of the Arts (CalArts); UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center; Japanese American National Museum; Watts Towers Arts Center; and many others. The participating institutions are centered in Greater Los Angeles, but extend as far as San Diego, Orange County, Santa Barbara and Palm Springs.

Please visit Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 for more information.

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