Out Of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties Book Signing
Please join us Wednesday, April 15th, 6:00 - 8:00 pm for a Book Signing:
OUT OF SIGHT: THE LOS ANGELES ART SCENE OF THE SIXTIES BY WILLIAM HACKMAN
Histories of modern art are typically centered in Paris and New York. Los Angeles is relegated to its role as the center of popular culture - a city of movie stars, tan lines, and surfers - but lacking the highbrow credentials of the chosen places. Until 1965, there was no art museum, few notable collectors, and - especially in terms of modern and contemporary work - even fewer galleries. Yet in the fifties and sixties, L.A. witnessed a burst of artistic energy and invention rivaling New York’s burgeoning art scene a half-century earlier. As New York Times art critic Roberta Smith has noted, it was “a euphoric moment,” at a “time when East and West coasts seemed evenly matched.”
Out of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties chronicles the rapid-fire rise, fall, and rebirth of the L.A. art scene - from the emergence of a small bohemian community in the fifties to the founding of the Museum of Contemporary Art in 1980 - and explains how artists such as Edward Ruscha, Robert Irwin, and Ken Price reshaped contemporary art. In it, noted author and historian William Hackman explores the ways in which Los Angeles reflected the hopes and fears of postwar America - in both the self-confidence of an increasingly affluent middle class, and the anxiety produced by violent upheavals at home and abroad. Most of all, he pays tribute to the unique city and moment in time that gave birth to a fascinating, and until now much-overlooked chapter in modern art.
Have a look at Christopher Knight's glowing review of "Out of Sight..." in The Los Angeles Times here.
Join us in celebrating the publication of this exciting new contribution to Southern California's art history by one of our oldest and dearest friends!
If you would like to purchase a signed copy (or two) of William Hackman's "Out of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties" but cannot attend, please click here, or call 310-458-1499.
