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Interviewee:
Bengston, Billy Al  Search this
Interviewer:
Larsen, Susan C.  Search this
Names:
Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this
Price, Kenneth, 1935-2012  Search this
Ruscha, Edward  Search this
Extent:
38 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1980 September 9
Scope and Contents:
An interview with Billy Al Bengston conducted 1980 September 9, by Susan Larsen, for the Archives of American Art.
Bengston speaks of his youth and education, the development of his interest in art, his short career in ceramics, his affiliation with the Ferus Gallery, the arts community in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, and his motives and methods of painting. He recalls Kenneth Price and Edward Ruscha.
Biographical / Historical:
Billy Al Bengston (1934-2022) was a painter from Venice, California.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 20 min.
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.
Occupation:
Ceramicists -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.bengst80
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c4d5edb7-db55-49fc-8ea5-d0df2023925b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-bengst80