Ed Bereal (born 1937) is an American artist best known for his work in assemblage and for his participation in exhibitions and performances that addressed political issues and racial stereotypes from the 1960s onward.[1] In 1961, his work was included in the controversial exhibition War Babies at the Huysman Gallery in Los Angeles, along with work by Larry Bell, Joe Goode, and Ron Miyashiro.[2][3] In the 1960s he and other artists like Vija Celmins, Craig Kauffman, and Robert Irwin taught at the new campus of the University of California, Irvine in the Fine Arts department.

Ed Bereal
Born1937 (age 86–87)
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In 2022, Marian Goodman Gallery featured historical work from the 1961 exhibition in their Paris bookstore, Librairie Marian Goodman, in the exhibition War Babies and the Studs.[4][5]

Bereal was a founding member of the 1960s radical street theater group Bodacious Buggerrilla. In 2012, the group was featured in the Getty Center's Performance and Public Art Festival as part of "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980".[2] This event was part of a series entitled "Talks about Acts," organized by Malik and Alexandro Segade.[6]

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  1. ^ Cipolle, Alex (October 23, 2019). "Ed Bereal Brings Edgy to Bellingham". New York Times.
  2. ^ a b "The Bodacious Buggerilla: A Reprise Performance and Conversation". Pacific Standard Time Festival 2012. Getty Center and LAXART. Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Jones, Kellie (2011). Now dig this! : art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980 (1st ed.). Los Angeles: Hammer Museum. p. 329. ISBN 978-3-7913-5136-0.
  4. ^ "Entrée to Black Paris Blog".
  5. ^ "War Babies & the Studs".
  6. ^ "The Bodacious Buggerrilla: A Reprise Performance and Conversation". The Getty Institute. The Getty Research. 2012-01-18.
  7. ^ a b "Ed Bereal". Time & Place Los Angeles Biographies. Moderna Museet. Retrieved 25 October 2014.