Los Angeles avant-garde

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Los Angeles avant-garde refers to the mid-20th-century experimental art scene in Los Angeles known for its innovative, interdisciplinary practices and influential figures such as Wallace Berman.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
California avant-garde 1
Los Angeles avant-garde canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
artisticMedium assemblage ⓘ
collage ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ
performance ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
associatedWith Beat culture in California ⓘ
counterculture of the 1950s ⓘ
counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
underground publications ⓘ
centeredAround artist-run spaces ⓘ
independent galleries ⓘ
informal studio gatherings ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalContext Cold War era United States ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

postwar American art ⓘ
distinctFrom Hollywood commercial film industry ⓘ
New York avant-garde ⓘ
linked to: New York School
emphasis esoteric symbolism ⓘ
non-commercial art practice ⓘ
personal mysticism ⓘ
field experimental art ⓘ
interdisciplinary art ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Betye Saar ⓘ
Bruce Conner ⓘ
David Meltzer ⓘ
Dean Stockwell ⓘ
Dennis Hopper ⓘ
Ed Kienholz ⓘ
George Herms ⓘ
John Baldessari ⓘ
Michael McClure ⓘ
Wallace Berman ⓘ
influenced West Coast assemblage art ⓘ
conceptual art in Los Angeles ⓘ
underground film in Los Angeles ⓘ
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
Beat Generation ⓘ
Dada ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
knownFor influence on later West Coast art ⓘ
innovative artistic practices ⓘ
integration of visual art, poetry, and music ⓘ
interdisciplinary practices ⓘ
location Los Angeles ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wallace Berman → movement → Los Angeles avant-garde ⓘ
Untitled (Verifax collage works) → associatedWith → California avant-garde ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles avant-garde