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Summary:
An interview with Jean Boghossian conducted 2024 June 25-27, by Katie Larson for the Archives of American Art, at Boghossian's studio in Brussels, Belgium.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jean Boghossian, 2024 June 25-27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for this interview was provided by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Interviewee Jean Boghossian (1949-) is a Belgian-Lebanese artist known for his incorporation of smoke and fire techniques throughout his sculptures, installations, and paintings. Affiliated with Fluxus, he also represented Armenia at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Born in Aleppo, Syria, he lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
Interviewer Katie Larson (1986-) is an art historian based in Washington, DC.
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 administrators.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
