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Examines what Pop looked like when it left the highbrow cloisters of Manhattan's art galleries and ventured westward to the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles. This book shows how the artists transformed the image of the city in works that focused on the ocean and landscape, suburban life, and dilapidated houses in aging neighborhoods.

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"Pioneering... Whiting's project will be central to any further work on West Coast art in the postwar period." Art Journal (CAA)

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. For Purple Mountain Majesties Chapter Two. Cruising Los Angeles Chapter Three. The Erotics of the Built Environment Chapter Four. The Watts Towers as Urban Landmark Chapter Five. L.A. Happenings and Performance Art Conclusion Notes List of Illustrations Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 04/08/2008
      ISBN13: 9780520256347, 978-0520256347
      ISBN10: 0520256344
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines what Pop looked like when it left the highbrow cloisters of Manhattan's art galleries and ventured westward to the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles. This book shows how the artists transformed the image of the city in works that focused on the ocean and landscape, suburban life, and dilapidated houses in aging neighborhoods.

      Trade Review
      "Pioneering... Whiting's project will be central to any further work on West Coast art in the postwar period." Art Journal (CAA)

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. For Purple Mountain Majesties Chapter Two. Cruising Los Angeles Chapter Three. The Erotics of the Built Environment Chapter Four. The Watts Towers as Urban Landmark Chapter Five. L.A. Happenings and Performance Art Conclusion Notes List of Illustrations Index

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