The L.A. stories told in Pacific Standard Time are not the stuff of Hollywood, but create a context for west coast art in our shared history. The Getty has created a platform for this narrative with events surrounding the theme of time and place.  Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980 opens on October 1^st. This project was initiated through $10 million in grants from the Getty Foundation in an unprecedented collaboration of 120+ exhibitions at over 60 cultural institutions across Southern California.  Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 has also launched its innovative virtual hub, www.pacificstandardtime.org.  The website provides a unique visitor’s guide with a region-wide voice expressing the rise of L.A. This portal provides a centralized source for up-to-date information about the initiative and its partners, exhibitions and events.

Willian A. Garnett

PST collaborations speak to the birth of the L.A. art scene, pointing to how it became a major force in the art world. Each institution makes its own contribution to this narrative ripe with innovation and social change. The time frame explores crucial change years after World War II through the tumultuous period of the 1960s and 70s.

Sandra de la Loza

Artistically, expect to see Pop to Post-minimalism styles, while modernist architecture to multi-media installations help the viewer understand the L.A. response to space.

David Hammons

Culturally, films of the African-American L.A. Rebellion, feminist activities of the Woman’s Building, Chicano performance art traditions and Japanese-American design present a picture of diversity in a region on the brink of a multi-cultural society.  Gender and collaboration comes into play in the pioneering work of artists’ collectives. It’s center stage for LA and the art world has a unique opportunity to see the fullness of the L.A. role both nationally and globally.

Craig Kaufman

Also in that opening art weekend (Sep 30-Oct 3), L.A. will host a new international art fair, Art Platform-Los Angeles.  It’s an Armory Show run fair brimming with both cutting contemporary and modern art. Contextualizing works by critically acclaimed artists working in and from Los Angeles, Art Platform demonstrates a diverse cultural landscape today of Southern California. This fair brings together local and international artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and art enthusiasts that play important roles in the vibrant Southern California art community. 
The established fair, Pulse will make their West-coast debut. This is the weekend to be in L.A.

Patter Hellstrom is an American abstract painter whose works are exhibited by galleries in New York and San Francisco. In addition to her art, she is an entrepreneur with a successful curatorial business. Patter Hellstrom Visual Art curates exhibitions, and places art works in corporate, hospitality and residential settings.