Exhibitions

This landmark exhibition brings two seminal yet under-studied Los Angeles artists into close conversation for the very first time. Berman and Heinecken bridged modernist and emerging post-modernist trends by ushering in the use of photography as a key element of contemporary avant-garde art. Their works are explored within the unique cultural context of 1960s and 1970s Southern California, as it fueled and amplified their highly original creative approaches.

Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976 is part of Pacific Standard Time. This unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene.


Related articles and resources:

• • Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken
    Artforum, Annie Buckley, October 2011
    
    
  • Art, Sex, and Rock 'N' Roll
    ArtTalk, Edward Goldman, October 2011
    
    
  • PST: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken at the Armory
    ArtTalk, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, October 2011
    
    
  • Wallace Berman and
    Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken L.A. POSTMODERNISM: SPEAKING IN TONGUES
    Artnet.com, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, December 2011
    
    
  • The original media hackers
    Salon, Michael Dooley, January 2012
    
    
  • Pasadena's PST Shows Make Everyday Things Into Art, Like Porn and Furniture
    LA Weekly, Victoria Ellison, January 2012
    
    
  • Wallace Berman: The Aleph Male
    The Huffington Post, Tom, Teicholz, November 2011
    
    
  • Erotic mashups, ’70s-style
    Salon, Michal Dooley, January 2012
    
    
  • Pacific Standard Time: Exhibitions to keep an eye on
    Los Angeles Times, Christopher Knight, December 2011
    
    
  • A tale of two enigmatic artists
    Glendale News-Press, Kirk Silsbee, December 2011
    
    
  • Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976
    Artweek.LA, October 2011 
    
    
  • I love you robert heinecken.
    January Parkos Arnall, October 2011

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