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22 November 2011

Go south, PST people — to Long Beach and Orange County

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Trying to get your arms around Pacific Standard Time is daunting for us all. But here’s a way to not miss the great regional events that are going on south of L.A. proper. [...]

10 November 2011

African-American photojournalists capture L.A.’s rich post-War arts world

These are but a few arts-related images drawn from “Identity and Affirmation: Postwar African-American Photography,” an exhibition of 125 images produced by Los Angeles African-American photographers during the postwar years from 1945 to 1980. The marvelous show, at Cal State Northridge, which also includes social and political photographs, is part of Pacific Standard Time survey of post-war L.A. creative undertakings. [...]

4 November 2011

Diavolo’s skateboard escapade, part of Pacific Standard Time

Diavolo Dance Theater, the Los Angeles based dance company led by artistic director Jacques Heim, will have a residency with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center as part of the 2011-2012 season, to create “Transit Space,” a new work inspired by skateboard culture — a sport and an art form invented in Southern California in the 1950s. [...]

27 October 2011

PST: Guy Dill’s seventies art at Leslie Sacks Contemporary

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Another intriguing entry of Pacific Standard Time, cool environmental sculptor, Guy Dill, from the seventies. [...]

26 October 2011

A potpourri of PST

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An overview of Pacific Standard Time events by arts writer Liz Goldner. [...]

17 October 2011

Hans Burkhardt, for four decades a master artist of Los Angeles @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

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The expansive and influential career of Hans Burkhardt (1904–1994) in Los Angeles is the focus of a survey exhibition of paintings and drawings, “Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream,” at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts. [...]

13 October 2011

Alluring mix of mid-century jazz & photography comes to Northridge

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A stellar double bill of African-American post-War art happens on the campus of Cal State Northridge, when an afternoon photography show pairs beautifully with an early-evening performance of a Miles Davis tribute at the Valley Performing Arts Center. [...]

20 September 2011

Hans Burkhardt survey exhibition @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

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Hans Burkhardt’s (1904–1994) expansive career and influence in L.A. are the focus of a survey exhibition of paintings and drawings entitled Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream. The exhibition participates in the Getty Research Institute’s Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980. [...]