Coffee Dan’s Coffee Shop, Los Angeles, 1958.
Coffee Dan’s Coffee Shop, Los Angeles, 1958.
(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Opening this month, the 29th ARCOmadrid contemporary art fair will, for the first time in three-decades, dedicate a major exhibition to an international city.

An accolade typically reserved for a country with outstanding art world influence, the fair will this year pay tribute to LA, with ‘Panorama: Los Angeles’, an exhibition which – alongside contributions from a range of Los Angeles-based artists - will showcase the work of late architectural photographer Julius Shulman.

The subject of last year’s award-winning documentary, ‘Visual Acoustics’- directed by Eric Bricker - Shulman’s photographic work will once again undergo the deifying treatment, this time in Madrid.

The Getty Research Institute-curated showcase, one in a series of displays from 17 Los Angeles galleries, will feature more than 100 rarely seen photographs from the Getty’s recently acquired Julius Shulman photography archive.

Featuring seven specific photographic episodes - including a catalogue of the competition between the urban developments of Bunker Hill and Century City; the exotic architecture of Watts Towers and the Chinese theatre; and the growth of industrial centres, the Port of Los Angeles and LAX - the show will expose Shulman’s lifelong love affair with the city, and will remain on show at Madrid's Canal de Isabel II until May 2.

Living room view of the Eames House

Living room view of the Eames House, Los Angeles, 1958.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Case Study House No. 21, Los Angeles, 1958.

Case Study House No. 21, Los Angeles, 1958.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

The entrance to the Century Plaza Hotel

The entrance to the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, 1966.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Malin House ’Chemosphere’, Los Angeles, 1961

Malin House ’Chemosphere’, Los Angeles, 1961.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Simon Rodia’s Towers

Simon Rodia’s Towers, Los Angeles, 1967.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles,1969

Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles,1969.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Academy Theatre, Inglewood, California, 1940

Academy Theatre, Inglewood, California, 1940.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Interior of the Bradbury Building, Los Angeles

Interior of the Bradbury Building, Los Angeles,1970.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Case Study House No. 22. Los Angeles, 1960.

Case Study House No. 22. Los Angeles, 1960.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Interior of the Ennis House

Interior of the Ennis House, Los Angeles, 1954 or 1980.
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles, 1939

Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles, 1939.

(Image credit: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Courtesty Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.)

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