<p>This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in Los Angeles Photographs is a fascinating exploration of the dynamic relationship between the city and the art of photography from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. In contrast to traditional chronological studies, this beautifully illustrated volume takes a unique and highly revealing thematic approach to the subject, focusing on landscape and the body. Featuring more than 170 photographs by a wide variety of image-makers, This Side of Paradise casts new light on both Los Angeles and the photographic practices within it.</p>

This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in Los Angeles Photographs

Arts & Photography

Jennifer A. Watts

Claudia Bohn-Spector

Photography & Video

Merrell Pub Ltd

In Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, Wallace Berman, founder of the influential artist journal Semina, and Robert Heinecken, who established UCLA's photography department, were kindred spirits. Both reveled in appropriating and juxtaposing images and text, using as a point of departure the art of the historical avant-garde, updating its subjects, techniques, and irreverent stance for contemporary use. This catalog in the form of a treasure box brings Berman and Heinecken together for the first time. It is packed with images, reproductions, ephemera, a DVD and essays that capture the random spirit of innovation that permeated this important era in Southern California. These two artists bridged modernist and emerging post-modernist trends, ushering in the use of photography as a key element of the contemporary avant-garde art.

Speaking in Tongues: The Art of Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken

Robert Heinecken

Wallace Berman

Sam Mellon

Armory Center for the Arts

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