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J. Paul Getty Museum

Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990

Apr 09—Jul 21, 2013

  • Pencil, watercolor, and gouache drawing on board, 1958. Alan E. Leib Collection. Image courtesy of and © Luckman Salas O’Brien

    LAX Theme Building by Pereira & Luckman, Welton Becket & Associates, and Paul R. Williams, construction completed 1961. Pencil, watercolor, and gouache drawing on board, 1958. Alan E. Leib Collection. Image courtesy of and © Luckman Salas O’Brien

  • Building by A.C. Martin. Gelatin silver print by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute (2004.R.10)

    Department of Water and Power Building at Night, 1965. Building by A.C. Martin. Gelatin silver print by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute (2004.R.10)

  • Archival pigment print. Courtesy of and © Michael Light and Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica

    Highways 5, 10, 60, and 101 Looking West, L.A. River and Downtown Beyond, 2004, Michael Light. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of and © Michael Light and Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica

  • Pencil drawing on coated tracing cloth with added black screen tone. The Getty Research Institute. © J. Paul Getty Trust

    Capitol Records Building by Louis Naidorf of Welton Becket & Associates, 1954. Pencil drawing on coated tracing cloth with added black screen tone. The Getty Research Institute. © J. Paul Getty Trust

  • Pencil on paper. Collection of Armet Davis Newlove Architects

    Romeo's Times Square by Armet & Davis, 1955. Pencil on paper. Collection of Armet Davis Newlove Architects

  • Watercolor on lightweight board laminate. The Getty Research Institute. © J. Paul Getty Trust

    Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by Welton Becket & Associates, early 1960s. Watercolor on lightweight board laminate. The Getty Research Institute. © J. Paul Getty Trust

  • Pencil, watercolor, and gouache drawing on board. Courtesy of the USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library. © Sidney Eisenshtat Estate

    Sinai Temple by Sidney Eisenshtat, 1959. Pencil, watercolor, and gouache drawing on board. Courtesy of the USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library. © Sidney Eisenshtat Estate

This exhibition charts L.A.’s rapid transformation into one of the globe’s most influential industrial, economic and creative capitals. From its ambitious freeway network and sleek coffee shops, to its dynamic cultural destinations and experimental residences, the vast metropolis’s rich yet often underappreciated built environment is reexamined, promising new insight into the region’s development and impact as a vibrant laboratory for cutting-edge design.

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