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Oral history interview with Brice Marden, 1972 Oct. 3

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Interviewee:
Marden, Brice, 1938-  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Andre, Carl  Search this
Chaet, Bernard  Search this
Geldzahler, Henry  Search this
Katz, Alex  Search this
Kay, Reed  Search this
Kertess, Klaus  Search this
Pollack, Reginald  Search this
Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this
Schueler, Jon  Search this
Vicente, Esteban  Search this
Boston University  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
90 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 47 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
Interview of Brice Marden conducted 1972 Oct. 3, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Marden speaks of his early family life and schools in Briarcliff, N.Y.; the development of his interest in art; his art and theater activities at Florida State Southern College; Boston University and the Boston art scene in the 1950s.
He comments on the impact of a summer in California on his painting style, living in Paris and New York, and changes in his work, including rectangles, one-color panels, paintings over silk-screen proofs, oil and wax. Marden also speaks of his first one-man exhibition, working as Robert Rauschenberg's assistant, his exhibit in Paris, teaching at the School of Visual Arts, his drawings, lithographs and grid drawings, his use of color, paintings as statements and influences on his work. He recalls Henry Geldzahler, Reed Kay, Bernard Chaet, Jon Schueler, Reginald Pollack, Alex Katz, Esteban Vicente, Carl Andre and Klaus Kertess.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Brice Marden, 1972 Oct. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Brice Marden (1938) is a painter from New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Pop art  Search this
Postmodernism  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Painting -- Technique  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11908
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211975
AAA_collcode_marden72
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211975