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california crazy
Man Ray"Juliet and the Non-Eucilidian Object"ca. 1945
(I don't remember seeing Juliet looking so young.)Peter Voulkos working on a crazybig-ass sculpture.Los Angeles1959Paul Souldner, Peter Voulkos, John MasonPaul Soldner's MFA ExhibitionLos Angeles1956
(I'll take the 3 pots on the far right please.)John Mason with"Vertical Sculpture, Spear Forms"Los Angeles1957John Mason"Orange Cross"1963Ed RuschaPoster for the exhibition"New Painting of Common Objects"Pasadena Art Museum1962
(Is there anything my man crush doesn't do well?)Vija Celmins in her studio.Venice Beach1966Robert Graham at home.Los Angeles1967Robert Graham peering into one of his sculptures.Los Angeles1967
(Pervert)Richard Pettibone (?)Poster for his exhibition at Ferus GalleryLos Angeles1965Peter Alexander"Small Cloud Box"1966The WaitressesVignette from "Ready to Order?"Los Angeles1978
(Not to be confused with the Akron, Ohio band that knew what boys liked....)Kim Jones"Wilshire Boulevard Walk"Los Angeles1976Ken Price"BG Red"1963John Baldessari"Wrong"1966-68
(Yet, oh so amazingly right.)Chris Burden"Shoot"1971
(C.B. is fuckin' nutz.)Sam Francis"Snow Painting"1967
(This is better than ANY S.F. painting.)Judy Chicago, Lloyd Hamrol, Eric Orr"Dry Ice Environment #2"1968
(How long be for ro/lu makes one of these?)Experiments in Art and TechnologyPoster for the conference"Experiments in Art and Technology: In Process"1970Thomas Mee"Fog demonstration in Thomas Mee's backyard"Pasadenaca. 1969
(That is real condensation, not smoke.)Experiments in Art and Technology"Mirror Dome"Interior1969Faith Wilding"Crocheted Environment"1972Bas Jan Ader"All My Clothes"1970Alexis Smith
"Anteroom"
1975
(Love this.)

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