04346nam 2200697 450 991082303250332120200520144314.00-8122-0410-710.9783/9780812204100(CKB)2670000000587904(SSID)ssj0001399067(PQKBManifestationID)11776928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001399067(PQKBWorkID)11450740(PQKB)11408500(OCoLC)893680301(MdBmJHUP)muse41842(DE-B1597)450981(OCoLC)1013963244(OCoLC)979753839(DE-B1597)9780812204100(Au-PeEL)EBL3442431(CaPaEBR)ebr10947153(CaONFJC)MIL682642(MiAaPQ)EBC3442431(EXLCZ)99267000000058790420141011h20092009 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrArt and the city civic imagination and cultural authority in Los Angeles /Sarah SchrankPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :University of Pennsylvania Press,2009.©20091 online resource (226 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.0-8122-2153-2 1-322-51360-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-201) and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --Chapter 1. Boosters, Early Moderns, and the Artful Civic Imaginary --Chapter 2. Modernism in Public Spaces --Chapter 3. Painting the Town Red --Chapter 4. Bohemia in Vogue --Chapter 5. Imagining the Watts Towers --Conclusion --Notes --Index --AcknowledgmentsNo longer represented only by Hollywood and the commercial fashion industry, Los Angeles in recent years has received international media attention as one of the world's new art centers. From the appearance of local artists in major European exhibitions to widely reported multimillion-dollar museum endowments, Los Angeles has entered the world cultural stage. Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles places this celebrated arrival in the richer context of art controversies and political contests over modern art and art spaces in the twentieth century. The Ferus Gallery's pop-infused "L.A. Look" and "finish-fetish," now synonymous with Los Angeles's postwar modernist aesthetics, emerged from a dispersed art community that struggled in the 1950's to find a toehold in a local scene reeling from the censure of the McCarthy era. The Watts Towers have long faced neglect despite their international fame, while Venice Beach, Barnsdall Park, Griffith Park, and Olvera Street proved highly contentious sites of urban cultural expression. Challenging historical accounts that situate the city's origins as an art center in the 1960's, Art and the City argues that debates over modernism among artists and civic leaders alike made art a charged political site as early as the 1910's. The legacy of those early battles reverberated throughout the century. Because of a rich tradition of arts education and the presence of Hollywood, Los Angeles historically hosted a talented population of contemporary artists. However, because of the snug relationship between urban aesthetics and capital investment that underscored the booster goals of the civic arts movement, modern artists were pushed out of public exhibition spaces until after World War II. Art and the City uncovers the historic struggles for cultural expression and creative space that are hidden behind the city's booster mythology.Public artPolitical aspectsCaliforniaLos AngelesArt and societyCaliforniaLos AngelesLos Angeles (Calif.)Cultural policyAmerican History.American Studies.Architecture.Fine Art.Garden History.Public artPolitical aspectsArt and society701/.030979494Schrank Sarah1660078MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823032503321Art and the city4015073UNINA