The museum extravaganza, supported by the likes of Will Ferrell and Jerry Bruckheimer, puts SoCal art and design in the limelight.Pacific Standard Time is the art equivalent of a citywide film festival, so big and sprawling it might be impossible to see everything on show. Conceived nearly a decade ago by the Getty Trust (which ponied up $10 million in grants), the colossal initiative will see the rollout of more than 60 exhibitions. The shows, many opening Oct. 1 to 3, offer a sweeping look at the region's at-times-unappreciated creative contributions from 1945 to 1980.
It has won major support from the industry, with Will Ferrell and wife Viveca Paulin-Ferrell helping fund a LACMA design show, The Green Mile producer David Valdes sponsoring a Chicano art exhibit at UCLA and Disney backing a showcase of Mexican modernism at Long Beach's Museum of Latin American Art. Jason Schwartzman has taped a film-noir-like short, helmed by Jesse Dylan, promoting PST. "I saw someone who said she was going to do every show, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good goal.' I can't wait," Matt Groening said at the Sept. 24 opening of the Hammer Museum's show of African-American art.
The big kickoff is an Oct. 2 invite-only blowout party at the Getty Museum, but it's only one of many events during the weekend, including openings at LACMA and MOCA; the inauguration of a new art fair; and VIP-only tours of blue-chip private art collections (including those of Michael Ovitz and Leonard Nimoy). In all, PST is poised to create a picture of the many seminal moments that have made L.A. the art capital it is today. "You don't have to fly to New York to see something exciting," says Paulin-Ferrell, an auctioneer and LACMA board member. "It's right here."
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Beatrice Wood: Career Woman
The museum recently opened a retrospective of the late Ojai-based potter's work, with about 70 examples of her sensual, luster-glazed ceramics. Wood, who died in 1998 at 105, is collected by Jerry and Linda Bruckheimer, who loaned two pieces to the show. (2525 Michigan Ave.; through March 3)
Getty Museum
Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970
The blockbuster PST show is the Getty's major survey of L.A. modern art. The 45-plus artists include Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari and Judy Chicago. Investor and former E! Entertainment CEO Jarl Mohn loaned one of John McCracken's signature plank sculptures. (1200 Getty Center Drive; Oct. 1 to Feb. 5)
Palm Springs Art Museum
Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography
What better place than the desert for a look at that SoCal icon, the swimming pool? The museum will show photos of everything from a dripping-wet Rock Hudson to Michael Childers' 1978 shot of a swimmer in David Hockney's L.A. pool. (101 N. Museum Drive; Jan. 21 to May 27)
Museum of Contemporary Art
Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles
In addition to its comprehensive exhibit of 1970s art, Under the Big Black Sun, MOCA presents a first-ever show documenting the years famed tabloid photographer Weegee spent in L.A. shooting starlets, strippers and more. (250 S. Grand Ave.; Nov. 13 to Feb. 27)
LACMA
California Design, 1930-1965: "Living in a Modern Way"
The creation of the modern indoor/outdoor California home gets the spotlight at this exhibit of furniture, decorative arts, fashion and more. Ferrell and Paulin-Ferrell were among a group of donors who helped purchase this Kem Weber desk and chair for LACMA. (5905 Wilshire Blvd.; Oct. 1 to March 25)
VIP Access: From Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, an invite-only program is giving tours of the private collections of such names as Ovitz, Nimoy, attorney Alan Hergott and producers Gail and Tony Ganz (Participating museums are designating the VIPs.)
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