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Interviewee:
Richert, Clark, 1941-  Search this
Interviewer:
Auther, Elissa, 1966-  Search this
Creator:
Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project  Search this
Names:
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design  Search this
Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project  Search this
University of Kansas -- Students  Search this
Bernofsky, Gene  Search this
Brown, Joan, 1938-1990  Search this
Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this
DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989  Search this
Fleming, Dean  Search this
Fleming, Linda  Search this
Fudge, John  Search this
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983  Search this
Kallweit, Richard  Search this
Kaprow, Allan  Search this
McClure, Michael  Search this
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008  Search this
Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this
Sands, Nick  Search this
Extent:
4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (2 hr., 55 min.), digital, wav)
52 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Sound recordings
Date:
2013 August 20-21
Scope and Contents:
An interview with Clark Richert conducted 2013 August 20- 21, by Elissa Auther, for the Archives of American Art's, Stoddard-Fleischman Fund for the History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, Colorado.
Richert speaks of deciding to become an artist; his influences; studying art at the University of Kansas; the Wichita Vortex; Droppings: working with geometric art; Drop City; geodesic domes; The Ultimate Painting; Zome Toy; Criss-Cross; using computers in art; being a teacher; the Armory Group; and A.R.E.A. Richert also recalls Bruce Conner, Richard Kallweit, Joan Brown, Gene Bernofsky, Buckminster Fuller, Michael McClure, Alan Kaprow, Nick Sands, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Jay Defeo, Dean Fleming, Linda Fleming, John Fudge, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Clark Richert (1941-2021) was a painter in Denver, Colorado and is head of the painting and drawing department at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Elissa Auther (1966- ) is associate professor of contemporary art in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
General:
Originally recorded as 4 sound files. Duration is 2 hr., 55 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 administrators.
Restrictions:
For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Art teachers -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this
Painters -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Arts administrators -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this
Art and computers  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Geodesic domes  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.richer13
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f8355355-782b-4a94-96f9-0c340c069e83
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-richer13