california crazy

Man Ray

"Juliet and the Non-Eucilidian Object"

ca. 1945

(I don't remember seeing Juliet looking so young.)

Peter Voulkos working on a crazy

big-ass sculpture.

Los Angeles

1959

Paul Souldner, Peter Voulkos, John Mason

Paul Soldner's MFA Exhibition

Los Angeles

1956

(I'll take the 3 pots on the far right please.)

John Mason with

"Vertical Sculpture, Spear Forms"

Los Angeles

1957

John Mason

"Orange Cross"

1963

Ed Ruscha

Poster for the exhibition

"New Painting of Common Objects"

Pasadena Art Museum

1962

(Is there anything my man crush doesn't do well?)

Vija Celmins in her studio.

Venice Beach

1966

Robert Graham at home.

Los Angeles

1967

Robert Graham peering into one of his sculptures.

Los Angeles

1967

(Pervert)

Richard Pettibone (?)

Poster for his exhibition at Ferus Gallery

Los Angeles

1965

Peter Alexander

"Small Cloud Box"

1966

The Waitresses

Vignette from "Ready to Order?"

Los Angeles

1978

(Not to be confused with the Akron, Ohio band 

that knew what boys liked....)

Kim Jones

"Wilshire Boulevard Walk"

Los Angeles

1976

Ken Price

"BG Red"

1963

John Baldessari

"Wrong"

1966-68

(Yet, oh so amazingly right.)

Chris Burden

"Shoot"

1971

(C.B. is fuckin' nutz.)

Sam Francis

"Snow Painting"

1967

(This is better than ANY S.F. painting.)

Judy Chicago, Lloyd Hamrol, Eric Orr

"Dry Ice Environment #2"

1968

(How long be for ro/lu makes one of these?)

Experiments in Art and Technology

Poster for the conference

"Experiments in Art and Technology: In Process"

1970

Thomas Mee

"Fog demonstration in Thomas Mee's backyard"

Pasadena

ca. 1969

(That is real condensation, not smoke.)

Experiments in Art and Technology

"Mirror Dome"

Interior

1969

Faith Wilding

"Crocheted Environment"

1972

Bas Jan Ader

"All My Clothes"

1970

Alexis Smith
"Anteroom"
1975
(Love this.)

All images from the most excellent
exhibition catalog
"Pacific Standard Time:
Los Angeles Art 1945-1980"
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