Thanks to the genius of Anton T. Boisen, the first mental hospital chaplain with special training for his job and founder of the movement for clinical education of the clergy, the first real advance in ministry to the sick came in the then unlikely field of public mental hospitals. (religion-online.org)
Drawing on the extensive collection of the Norton Simon Museum with a few select loans, the exhibition includes works by the local founders of this movement such as John Altoon, Garo Antreasian, Sam Francis, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha and June Wayne, as well as those who traveled to Los Angeles specifically to print, such as Joseph Albers, Bruce Conner, Lee Mullican, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg and Robert Rauschenberg. (nortonsimon.org)
In the Gutai movement, Shiraga, Motonaga, and a number of other artists found guidance through Jiro Yoshihara, the charismatic founder of the movement. (artsandculturetx.com)