Catalog L.A.: Birth of an Art Capital, 1955-1985 - Softcover
In the latter half of the twentieth century, Los Angeles took off as an international art capital. Catalog L.A. presents acomprehensive timeline of the burgeoning art scene that reflected the city's mlange of pop culture, celebrity, and political influences. Hundreds of images covering all the major exhibitions of the eraalong with excerpts from film, television, literature, and current eventsprovide a historical perspective on the metropolis's cultural and artistic innovations. A compendium of modern art, ephemera, critical texts, and revealing interviews, this archive chronicles the city's thirty-year metamorphosis into an art giant. Based upon a major retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in 2006, Catalog L.A. illuminates a radical period that forever altered the landscape of contemporary art.
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Catherine Grenier is an independent curator working for the French Ministry of Culture and various museums. The former Head of Contemporary collections at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, she curated the show "Los Angeles 1955-1985" at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2006.
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- PublisherChronicle Books Llc
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0811859347
- ISBN 13 9780811859349
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages383
- EditorGrenier Catherine
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Catalog L.A.: Birth of an Art Capital, 1955-1985
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st US edition. First American edition 2007, first printing , numbers line starts with 1. Translated from French edition 2006 published in conjunction with the exhibition. Published by Chronicle Books Large softcover without DJ as issued. Condition new, square and tight book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, spine not creased, no names, no bent pages, no foxing, not a reminder. (50.00). Large square 4to, 383 pages, illustrated throughout. Large and heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. Seller Inventory # 022970
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