The website East of Borneo has devoted itself to chronicling Southern California's cultural history, such as French filmmaker Agnes Varda's extended forays in Los Angeles. Seen here: A still from the film "Mur Murs," which was partially shot in downtown. (Cine-tamaris / LACMA)

When the series of Pacific Standard Time exhibitions opened around Southern California in 2010, it was an opportunity to take stock of the region's cultural production in the decades following World War II. The Getty Foundation-funded project brought to light work by abstract ceramists, trippy Light and Spacers, heady conceptualists and feminist sculptors. In the process, the exhibitions generated a bounty of information about the history of art in our region.But as generally happens with art exhibitions, much of that information ended up residing in books: the printed catalogs attached to shows that are often expensive, unwieldy and go out of print after short runs.....Continue Reading

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