The figurative artists from the 1940s and ‘50s who dominated the Los Angeles art scene of that time have largely been written out of today’s art history. L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy provides a much needed reference for the study of p... Read more
The figurative artists from the 1940s and ‘50s who dominated the Los Angeles art scene of that time have largely been written out of today’s art history. L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy provides a much needed reference for the study of post-war American figurative art, placing the works in a historical context and examining the pivotal role played by these Los Angeles artists. Bringing together works by 40 artists in a variety of media – painting, sculpture, photography, and performance –curator Michael Duncan traces a different aesthetic through-line from the late 1940s to the present day.
L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy is part of Pacific Standard Time. This unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene.
Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. The presenting sponsor is Bank of America.
