Palm Springs Art Museum to Participate in 'Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA'

PALM DESERT, CA - From the Palm Springs Art Museum: Palm Springs Art Museum is proud to present two ground-breaking exhibitions as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. Presented by the Getty Foundation, this unprecedented initiative launches this month at more than 70 cultural institutions throughout Southern California, from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, and San Diego to Santa Barbara.

Kinesthesia: Latin American Art, 1954-1969 is the first of two Pacific Standard Time exhibitions being presented by the Palm Springs Art Museum, opening on Saturday, August 28. Featuring more than 50 works by Jesus Rafael Soto, Julio Le Parc, Carlos Cruz-Diez and Martha Boto, among others, it is the first in-depth examination of the South American Kinetic Art movement. The exhibition will remain on view at the main Museum through January 15, 2018.

“We’re extremely proud to partner with the Getty to present not one, but two Pacific Standard Time exhibitions,” said Elizabeth Armstrong, Palm Springs Art Museum’s JoAnn McGrath Executive Director. “The first of which – Kinesthesia – will serve as an introduction to the Latin American artists who played critical roles in the Kinetic Art movement, while simultaneously making a compelling case for it as an important medium.”

The second exhibition, Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture, uses 3-D models, original drawings, design objects and vintage photography to convey the two midcentury masters’ shared belief in architecture as a way to connect people, nature and buildings. It opens on Saturday, September 9 at the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture + Design Center and will remain on view through Sunday, January 7, 2018.

“The parallel odysseys of Frey and Bo Bardi represent the emergence of Southern California and São Paulo as architectural laboratories of the mid-20th century,” Armstrong continued. “Although these two visionaries never met, A Search for Living Architecture shows how they each embraced the social and environmental contexts specific to their respective adoptive homes.”

For more information about Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, visit www.getty.edu.com.

For information about Palm Springs Art Museum hours, locations, admission prices, membership opportunities and ongoing exhibitions please visit www.psmuseum.org or call (760) 322-4800.

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