Ferus and vernacular culture

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The Watts Towers. (From the SPACES Archive.)
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Portrait of the artist as a young man. Seymour Rosen with camera c. 1951. (From the SPACES Archive.)
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Blueprint designs for the entrance to and interior layout of Rosen’s 1966 exhibition at LACMA entitled “I Am Alive.” From the SPACES Archive.
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A pre-Python/pre-Pepper dress-up party at Rosen’s house, c. 1963, with members of the Ferus Gallery/Assemblage art scene, including sculptor Ed Bereal. (From the SPACES Archive.)
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Early contact sheet (c. 1953) of Rosen experimenting with angles, shapes, and contrast. It would become a signature later in his many images of the Watts Towers. (From the SPACES Archive.)
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