Los Angeles, 1955-1985
Subtitle: birth of an art capital
By: supervising editor, Catherine Grenier
Contributors: Grenier, Catherine; Fox, Howard N; James, David E., 1945-; Centre Georges Pompidou
Publisher: Centre Pompidou; Panama Musées
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Art, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Notes: "Catalog of the exhibition 'Los Angeles 1955-1985', at the Centre Pompidou, Galerie I, 8 March-17 July 2006."

Artists included in the exhibition: Bas Jan Ader, Peter Alexander, John Altoon, Kenneth Anger, Eleanor Antin, Steven Arnold, ASCO (Willie Herrón, Harry Gamboa Jr., Patssi Valdez, Gronk), Michael Asher, John Baldessari, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Bereal, Tony Berlant, Wallace Berman, Jonathan Borofsky, Nancy Buchanan, Chris Burden, Vija Celmins, Judy Chicago, Richard Diebenkorn, John Divola, Morgan Fisher, Judy Fiskin, Llyn Foulkes, Sam Francis, Jack Goldstein, Joe Goode, David Hammons, Robert Heinecken, George Herms, David Hockney, Dennis Hopper, Douglas Huebler, Robert Irwin, Richard Jackson, Larry Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Craig Kauffman, Mike Kelley, Edward Kienholz, John Knight, Suzanne Lacy, David Lamelas, William Leavitt, Paul McCarthy, Allan McCollum, John McCracken, John McLaughlin, Michael McMillen, Susan Mogul, Linda Montano, Edward Moses, Matt Mullican, Bruce Nauman, Pat O'Neill, John Outterbridge, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Kenneth Price, Stephen Prina, Charles Ray, Rachel Rosenthal, Martha Rosler, Nancy Rubins, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Betye Saar, Miriam Schapiro, Allan Sekula, Jim Shaw, Peter Shelton, Alexis Smith, Barbara T. Smith, Edmund Teske, Robert Therrien, James Turrell, Jeffrey Vallance, Bill Viola, James Welling, Christopher Williams, Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto

Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-369)
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Bruno Racine; title: Preface / Alfred Pacquement; title: Experimental city / Catherine Grenier; title: SoCal content : the big picture / Howard N. Fox; title: Independent film in Los Angeles from 1955 to 1985 / David E. James; title: The Los Angeles art scene, 1954-1985; title: Chronology 1954-1985