Artist Robert Irwin, who designed the Getty Center's Central Garden and led the first original art form to emerge from Los Angeles, has died at age 95. Irwin was the leading figure in Light and Space art that emerged in the 1960s, the only wholly original art movement to begin in Los Angeles. Almost no such opportunity to see a wealth of historical European art had existed in Los Angeles. “And I wasn’t at all interested in historical forms.”Back in Los Angeles, he wasn’t sure how to proceed. Goes Out, a weekly newsletter about exploring and experiencing Los Angeles from the L.A. Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 26, 2023 05:28 UTC