LEADER 04346nam 2200697 450 001 9910823032503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0410-7 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204100 035 $a(CKB)2670000000587904 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001399067 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11776928 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001399067 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11450740 035 $a(PQKB)11408500 035 $a(OCoLC)893680301 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41842 035 $a(DE-B1597)450981 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963244 035 $a(OCoLC)979753839 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204100 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442431 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10947153 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682642 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442431 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000587904 100 $a20141011h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArt and the city $ecivic imagination and cultural authority in Los Angeles /$fSarah Schrank 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (226 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8122-2153-2 311 $a1-322-51360-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-201) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Boosters, Early Moderns, and the Artful Civic Imaginary --$tChapter 2. Modernism in Public Spaces --$tChapter 3. Painting the Town Red --$tChapter 4. Bohemia in Vogue --$tChapter 5. Imagining the Watts Towers --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aNo 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. 606 $aPublic art$xPolitical aspects$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aArt and society$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xCultural policy 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aArchitecture. 610 $aFine Art. 610 $aGarden History. 615 0$aPublic art$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aArt and society 676 $a701/.030979494 700 $aSchrank$b Sarah$01660078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823032503321 996 $aArt and the city$94015073 997 $aUNINA