Los Angeles avant-garde

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Los Angeles avant-garde refers to the mid-20th-century experimental art scene in Los Angeles known for its innovative, interdisciplinary practices and influential figures such as Wallace Berman.

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California avant-garde 1
Los Angeles avant-garde canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
artisticMedium assemblage
collage
experimental film
performance
poetry
associatedWith Beat culture in California
counterculture of the 1950s
counterculture of the 1960s
underground publications
centeredAround artist-run spaces
independent galleries
informal studio gatherings
country United States
culturalContext Cold War era United States
linked to: Cold War

postwar American art
distinctFrom Hollywood commercial film industry
New York avant-garde
linked to: New York School
emphasis esoteric symbolism
non-commercial art practice
personal mysticism
field experimental art
interdisciplinary art
hasNotableFigure Betye Saar
Bruce Conner
David Meltzer
Dean Stockwell
Dennis Hopper
Ed Kienholz
George Herms
John Baldessari
Michael McClure
Wallace Berman
influenced West Coast assemblage art
conceptual art in Los Angeles
underground film in Los Angeles
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism
Beat Generation
Dada
Surrealism
knownFor influence on later West Coast art
innovative artistic practices
integration of visual art, poetry, and music
interdisciplinary practices
location Los Angeles
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Wallace Berman movement Los Angeles avant-garde
Untitled (Verifax collage works) associatedWith California avant-garde
linked to: Los Angeles avant-garde