Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art 1945-1980
Rebecca Peabody, et.al.
J. Paul Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1679
9781606060728, $59.95, www.getty.edu

Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art 1945-1980 explores postwar
American art from a Southern California perspective, analyzing the art
scene there and providing the first detailed scholarly survey of the
region's art. It's a refreshing change from the typical analysis of
East Coast-centered movements, embraces over a decade of research, and
provides text and visual surveys documenting the works of well-known
and lesser-known artists working in painting, sculpture, performance
and video art alike. A powerful survey, recommended for California art
holdings in particular - but also for any general art history library.

Arcadia Publishing
420 Wando Park Blvd.
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
www.arcadiapublishing.com

Fortuna Depot Museum's FORTUNA AND THE EEL RIVER VALLEY (0738575224,
$21.99) uses images from Fortuna area community members, the museum
and volunteer fire department, and more to accompany stories of the
region's peoples and influences. Fortuna resides along the Eel River
in Northern California's Humboldt County, a region affected by the
logging industry. Its evolution receives detailed coverage in an
exciting survey recommended for any California history shelf. Bob
Bunyan and the Aliso Viejo Community Foundation's ALISO VIEJO
(0738574244, $21.99) provides a fine history through photos and tells
of the rapid rise of a city that only thirty years ago was a 6,600-
acre working ranch located in the San Joaquin hills. Now 48,000
residents inhabit it, and this history of one of the last big ranches
to be developed as a community makes for a fine pick for any
California history holding.

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