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Interviewee:
Richert, Clark, 1941-2021  Search this
Interviewer:
Auther, Elissa, 1966-  Search this
Subject:
Bernofsky, Gene  Search this
Brown, Joan  Search this
Conner, Bruce  Search this
DeFeo, Jay  Search this
Fleming, Dean  Search this
Fleming, Linda  Search this
Fudge, John  Search this
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster)  Search this
Kallweit, Richard  Search this
Kaprow, Allan  Search this
McClure, Michael  Search this
Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this
Rothko, Mark  Search this
Sands, Nick  Search this
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design  Search this
Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project  Search this
University of Kansas  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
4 Items, Sound recording: 4 sound files (2 hr., 55 min.), digital, wav; 52 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded as 4 sound files. Duration is 2 hr., 55 min.
Access Note / Rights:
For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
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.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Clark Richert, 2013 August 20-21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript available online.
Funding:
Funding for this interview was provided by the Stoddard-Fleischman Fund for the History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists.
Biography Note:
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.
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
Topic:
Arts administrators -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this
Art and computers  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Geodesic domes  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16129
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)363610
AAA_collcode_richer13
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_363610