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“What is my L.A.? It’s the pot on the stove. Add stuff, keep it warm, new flavors and colors. Every day.”
PA and PE, 1990, Peter Alexander. Pacific Enterprises.
“My L.A. is very bright, hot, colorful, and a little rough around the edges. It’s far away from everything, but right next to everything at the same time.”
The messy chaos of Los Angeles can be charming. Or disorienting. Or a bit of both! Office hours with Chris & Lyra of Overdrive’s curatorial team continue tomorrow,12-1pm and Thursday, 2-3pm at the entrance to the exhibition at the Getty Center.
Inside Out, 1961, Roger E. Kuntz. The Estate of Roger E. Kuntz, courtesy of Mary Kuntz. Photo by Maureen Murphy Fine Arts.
“People consider Los Angeles to be this chaotic, sprawling mess. This exhibition reveals that there is a plan, there is an order and a system to L.A. But I think its complexity is what makes it so interesting.” —Chris Alexander, curator
What is your L.A.?
On this week’s Getty Voices, curators Chris Alexander and Lyra Kilston are taking to social media and on-site informal “office hours” inside the exhibition at the Getty Center (Tuesday, May 14, 12-1pm; Wednesday, May 15, 12-1pm; and Thursday, May 16, 2-3pm) to hear your stories. L.A. is a complex place that perhaps is best described through a weaving of personal narratives.
This week we’re all ears, so please come talk to us in person, on Facebook or on Twitter #OurLA!
Case Study House #22, Pierre Koenig: view of two women in white dresses, 1960, Julius Shulman. The Getty Research Institute, Julius Shulman Photography Archive.
Johnie’s
Miracle Mile, CA
Johnie’s, formerly Romeo’s Times Square, designed in 1955. Now just a filming location, Johnie’s is one of the many repurposed sites from an era of design innovation.
Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 on view now at the Getty Center. A rich exploration of an often overlooked architecturally intriguing city.
Romeo’s Time Square Restaurant, exterior corner perspective, 1955, Armet & Davis, Collection of Armet Davis Newlove Architects.
Sam Durant’s Getty artist project #isamuseum was installed this past Monday and now you can question and be questioned both online and onsite.
The Last Evening - James Tissot 1873 Guildhall Art Gallery, London
Tissot’s study for this painting reveals his tender attention to texture, pattern, and gesture. Her gaze and hands seem to be caught in a moment of quiet thought. What is she thinking about as the sailor she loves is about to depart out to sea? Is she fearing the months to come? Perhaps the two just shared a knowing glance.
Young Woman in a Rocking Chair, about 1873, Jacques Joseph Tissot, brush with gouache and watercolor, over graphite on brown wove laid paper. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Josef Albers
Beta 1939
Lithograph on paper 25.5 x 19.65 in
Tate Britain
city-history:
Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) and Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110) Interchange, downtown Los Angeles, 1962, Dave Packwood. Automobile Club of Southern California Archives.
South Seas Apartments (Karate Kid), Reseda
Essence of L.A. John Baldessari would give it an A+.
LAX, Theme Building; perspective view, 1961. Charles Luckman, William Pereira, Welton Becket, and Paul R. Williams. From the Alan E. Leib Collection. Image courtesy of and © The Luckman Partnership, Inc. | a Salas O’Brien Company
Coming in April 2013: Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A.
Los Angeles, 1964. Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-1984). Gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. © 1984 The Estate of Garry Winogrand.
In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945-1980
