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| title | Places of Validation, Art & Progression oral history interviews. | repository | The Getty Research Library |
| description | Resource comprises five video recordings created by the California African American Museum (CAAM) in relation to its 2011-2012 exhibition "Places of Validation, Art & Progression." The exhibition and related interviews were part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide research project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles. According to a press release from CAAM, the exhibition brought to life "the history of the artists who helped birth one of the most influential art movements of the second half of the 20th century and the validators who supported and enabled them to achieve their goals in spite of the wider conditions of exclusion from the mainstream art presenting community. The perspective of 'Places of Validation, Art & Progression' is on the history and driving forces that made venues and opportunities possible for Black art to be seen while allowing the art to reflect the wide variety of artists, styles, venues and personalities that served the Black arts scene between 1940-1980." The video recordings each run from three to six minutes in length and feature excerpts of interviews with artists and their supporters, as well as images of art works and ephemera. The interviews are undated, but were probably conducted in 2011. Notes: Title and content summaries derived from video title screens and press release. Disc 1. Brockman Gallery: Dale and Alonzo Davis -- disc 2. Collectors and Bartering: interviews on collecting with Dr. Leon Banks, Donald Stinson, Jerry Manpearl, and Henry Segerstrom; interviews on bartering with Bill Pajaud, Dr. Samella Lewis, Greg Pitts, and Betye Saar -- disc 3. First Voices of Validation: 1940s: Bill Pajaud, Greg Pitts, Betye Saar, Dr. Samella Lewis (early arts scene in Los Angeles); 1950s and 1960s: Dale Davis, Dr. Samella Lewis, Joe Sims (creating their own opportunities); 1960s and 1970s: Donald Stinson and Cecil Fergerson (progression); 1960s and 1970s: Greg Pitts and Cecil Fergerson (expanding recognition of Black art); Roderick Sykes and Dr. Samella Lewis (true validation is progression) -- disc 4. Murals: Betye Saar, Joe Sims, Elliott Pinkney, and Roderick Sykes -- disc 5. Other Places of Validation: Roderick Sykes, Greg Pitts, Samella Lewis, Donald Stinson, and Bernie Casey. Forms part of: Pacific Standard Time oral history interviews with artists, filmmakers, curators, collectors, and critics, 2008- (Institutional Archives, finding |
| extent | 5 videodiscs : digital, color, sound ; 12 cm.original. |
| formats | Video recording Sound Recording |
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| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/IA40011/IA40011.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=GRI&afterPDS=true&institution=01GRI&docId=GETTY_ALMA21128475420001551 |
| finding aid | Finding aid; Available in the repository; Item level control. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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