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Creator:

Zimmerman, Elyn, 1945-  Search this

Names:

Dicker, Ruth  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993  Search this

Gund, Agnes  Search this

Teraoka, Masami, 1936-  Search this

Varnedoe, Kirk  Search this

Extent:

35.9 Linear feet

1,710.223 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Interviews

Date:

1967-2019

Summary:

The papers of sculptor and site-specific installation artist Elyn Zimmerman measure 35.9 linear feet and 1710.223 gigabytes, and date from 1967-2019. The collection documents the artist's life and work through correspondence, interviews, writings, project and commission files, exhibition files, teaching files, printed material, and photographic material. Project and commission files comprise the majority of the collection at 19.40 linear feet and comprehensively document dozens of Zimmerman's site-specific sculptural projects and proposals for public and private sites across the United States and internationally. Items include correspondence, contracts, photographs, models, blueprints, and original sketches and drawings. Photographic material documents Zimmerman's work through color and black and white slides, transparencies, contact sheets, negatives, and prints. The papers include a small number of born digital records, including interviews, digital images of projects, construction sites, and floorplans, as well as PowerPoint presentations.

There is a 2.1 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes project fies relating to photographic and outdoor projects. Material consists of photographs, plans, announcements and clippings. Materials date from circa 2009-2017.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of sculptor and site-specific installation artist Elyn Zimmerman measure 35.9 linear feet and 1710.223 gigabytes, and date from 1967-2019. The collection documents the artist's life and work through correspondence, interviews, writings, project and commission files, exhibition files, teaching files, printed material, and photographic material. Project and commission files comprise the majority of the collection at 19.40 linear feet and comprehensively document dozens of Zimmerman's site-specific sculptural projects and proposals for public and private sites across the United States and internationally. Items include correspondence, contracts, photographs, models, blueprints, and original sketches and drawings. Photographic material documents Zimmerman's work through color and black and white slides, transparencies, contact sheets, negatives, and prints. The papers include a small number of born digital records, including interviews, digital images of projects, construction sites, and floorplans, as well as PowerPoint presentations.

Correspondence is comprised predominately of received letters and fewer drafts and copies of outgoing letters. Notable correspondents include Zimmerman's late husband, curator Kirk Varnedoe, arts advocate Agnes Gund, and artists Ruth Dicker, Richard Diebenkorn, Kady Hoffman, and Masami Teraoka. Interviews include digital video recordings of Elyn Zimmerman discussing various public projects between circa 1991 and 2005. Writings include drafts of journal articles, a book mock-up, project notes, and statements. Agendas and address books are filed with writings. Project and commission files comprise the bulk of the collection and comprehensively document dozens of Zimmerman's site-specific sculptural projects and proposals for public and private sites across the United States and internationally. Items include correspondence, contracts, photographs, models, blueprints, and original sketches and drawings. The files include a small number of born digital records, including digital images of projects, construction sites, and floorplans, as well as PowerPoint presentations. Exhibition files document Zimmerman's site-specific installations and exhibitions in a gallery and museum context. Files include correspondence, photographs, slides, statements, press releases, shipping information, and price lists. Teaching files document the many courses Zimmerman taught in painting, drawing, design, architecture, and landscape architecture. Items include syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, reading lists, and articles. Printed material primarily consists of items cataloging Zimmerman's career including exhibition announcements, catalogs, and press clippings. Subject files were saved and collected by Zimmerman and are arranged at the end of the series. Photographic material document Zimmerman's installations of commissioned works, exhibitions, and other installations through color and black and white slides, negatives, contact sheets, prints, and digital photographs.

There is a 2.1 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes project fies relating to photographic and outdoor projects. Material consists of photographs, plans, announcements and clippings. Materials date from circa 1967-2019.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as nine series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1978-2011 (3.70 linear feet; Box 1-4)

Series 2: Interviews, circa 1991-2005 (0.20 linear feet; Box 100)

Series 3: Writings, Agendas, and Address Books, 1970-2003 (0.50 linear feet; Box 4-5)

Series 4: Project and Commission Files, 1970-2019 (19.40 linear feet, Box 5-15, 21-22, 100, OV 23-85, 109-116, 120-121, RD 97-98; 0.223 gigabytes, ER01-04)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1969-2018 (4.59 linear feet; Box 15-16, 20-21, 100, 103, OV 86-96,105-108, 120, RD 99)

Series 6: Teaching Files, 1970-1994 (0.40 linear feet; Box 16)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1970-2018 (2.21 linear feet; Box 16-19, 100)

Series 8: Photographic Material, 1967-2018 (2.80 linear feet; Box 100-102, OV 117-119)

Series 9: Unprocessed Addition, circa 2009-2017 (2.1 linear feet, Box 123-127, OV 127)

Biographical / Historical:

Elyn Zimmerman (1945-) is a New York City and Los Angeles based sculptor best known for her large scale site-specific outdoor installations incorporating granite, water features, and landscape architecture.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Zimmerman moved to California for college, earning both her BFA and MFA from University of California, Los Angeles. While at UCLA, she studied with Richard Diebenkorn and Robert Irwin, and worked in photography, drawing, and site-specific installation. In 1978 she created Monarch's Trough for Artpark in Lewiston, New York, her first site-specific work using granite. For the next several decades Zimmerman would complete dozens of site-specific installations in public and private spaces across the United States, and submit proposals for dozens more. Working frequently with stone and granite, she developed a decades long relationship with a granite quarry in Cold Spring, Minnesota, which fabricated many of her designs. Zimmerman's clients have included the National Geographic Society, the Birmingham Art Museum, and the New York City Parks Department.

In addition to her site-specific work, Zimmerman has had an extensive exhibition history, and has shown for many years with Gagosian Gallery. In 2016, Zimmerman was the recipient of the Isamu Noguchi Award. She has taught at Mills College, California Institute of the Arts, Harvard University, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Zimmerman was married to the late curator Kirk Varnedoe from 1978-2002.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2015-2022 by Elyn Zimmerman.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Installation artists -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Installation artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Women sculptors  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Elyn Zimmerman papers, 1967-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.zimmelyn

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Elyn Zimmerman papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw907b8edfc-e9ed-4849-99fa-3bc8ec9991a6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zimmelyn

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-05-23T18:49:44.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_i6PGYRVUs7s

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-05-23T19:26:24.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_PaS3ULdFNFI

Author:

Atkins, Ed  Search this

Contributor:

Gioni, Massimiliano  Search this

Balsom, Erika  Search this

Hernon, Domhnaill  Search this

Leckey, Mark 1964-  Search this

Martin, Julie 1938-  Search this

Weisburg, Madeline  Search this

Weldon, Marcus K  Search this

Author:

New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Physical description:

291 pages chiefly color illustrations 25 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

Catalogues d'exposition

Date:

2021

21st century

21e siècle

Topic:

Computer art  Search this

Art  Search this

ART--General  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155901

Interviewee:

Michelson, Alan, 1953-  Search this

Interviewer:

Berman, Avis, 1949-  Search this

Subject:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Alan Michelson, 2009 Aug. 5-14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Theme:

Native American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15705

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)283569

AAA_collcode_michel09

Theme:

Native American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_283569

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-05-23T19:00:22.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt__n9QZY9_W8g

Author:

Adams, Dennis 1948-  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Dennis 1948-  Search this

Physical description:

1 pamphlet : ill. ; 23 x 10 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

1990

Topic:

Site-specific art  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Call number:

N6537.A295 A4 1990

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_667835

Author:

Adams, Dennis 1948-  Search this

Marí, Bartomeu  Search this

France Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d'Ile-de-France  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Dennis 1948-  Search this

Physical description:

[10] p. : ill. ; 42 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Place:

France

Saint-Denis

Date:

1994

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Call number:

N6537.A295 A4 1994b

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_997766

Interviewee:

Michelson, Alan, 1953-  Search this

Interviewer:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Creator:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (sound files, digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2009 Aug. 5-14

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Alan Michelson conducted 2009 Aug. 5-14, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's U.S. General Service Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts oral history project, at Adams' home, in New York, N.Y.

Biographical / Historical:

Alan Michelson (1953- ) is an installation artist who lives and works in New York, N.Y.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound disc. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 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 administrators.

Restrictions:

This interview is access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the U.S. General Services Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.michel09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b40b7cc8-3f45-4a0e-976e-d6bb6523a727

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-michel09

Author:

Diego, Estrella de  Search this

Blondet, José Luis  Search this

Castaño, Antonia  Search this

Williams, Nigel  Search this

Casa Encendida (Madrid, Spain)  Search this

Subject:

Warhol, Andy 1928-1987 Criticism and interpretation  Search this

Physical description:

346, [22] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

United States

Date:

2007

[c2007]

Topic:

Artists  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Photography, Artistic  Search this

Call number:

N6537.W28 A4 2007

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_910509

Interviewee:

Mesa-Bains, Amalia  Search this

Interviewer:

Zavala, Adriana, 1964-  Search this

Extent:

9 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 6 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

101 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2019 Nov. 3 and 4

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Amalia Mesa-Bains conducted 2019 Nov. 3 and 4, by Adriana Zavala, for the Archives of American Art, at Mesa-Bains's studio in San Juan Bautista, Calif.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Amalia Mesa-Bains (1943- ) is is a visual artist and educator in San Jan Bautista, Calif. Interviewer Adriana Zavala (1964- ) is is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

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:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Installation artists -- California -- San Juan Bautista  Search this

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Chicano artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Political activists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.mesa19

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f0bdf0b5-7b78-47bc-b1a9-738d6d2625fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mesa19

Author:

Adams, Dennis 1948-  Search this

Bex, Florent  Search this

Foncé, Jan  Search this

Michaud, Yves  Search this

Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Dennis 1948-  Search this

Physical description:

126 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

1994

[1994]

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Environment (Art)  Search this

Call number:

N6537.A295 A4 1994a

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_642228

Artist:

Kosuth, Joseph  Search this

Editor:

Dimitrova, Mira  Search this

Organizer:

Lauf, Cornelia  Search this

Writer of preface:

Mazzoleni, Davide  Search this

Mazzoleni, Luigi  Search this

Translator:

Di Meo, Aurelia  Search this

Author:

Lauf, Cornelia Living colour  Search this

Host institution:

Mazzoleni Art (London, England)  Search this

Physical description:

72 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates color illustrations 28 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Interviews

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

Place:

England

London

Angleterre

Londres

Date:

2017

20th century

20e siècle

Topic:

Color in art  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Art, Modern--Themes, motives  Search this

Couleur dans l'art  Search this

Art--Thèmes, motifs  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155841

Editor:

Aitken, Doug 1968-  Search this

Bovier, Lionel  Search this

Writer of added text:

Erickson, Steve  Search this

Physical description:

121 pages, 46 unnumbered pages chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) 29 cm

Type:

Books

Catalogues raisonnés

Date:

2015

Topic:

Multimedia (Art)  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Œuvres multimédias (Art)  Search this

multimedia works  Search this

installations (visual works)  Search this

Art and Design  Search this

Installation  Search this

Objektkunst  Search this

Plastik  Search this

Buchstabe  Search this

Alphabet  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1158870

Creator:

Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this

Names:

Addison Gallery of American Art  Search this

Alliance for Cultural Democracy  Search this

Art Workers Coalition  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Political Art Documentation/Distribution (Organization)  Search this

Printed Matter, Inc.  Search this

Studio International (Firm)  Search this

University of Colorado -- Faculty  Search this

Women's Caucus for Art  Search this

Andre, Carl, 1935-  Search this

Chicago, Judy, 1939-  Search this

Darboven, Hanne  Search this

Edelson, Mary Beth  Search this

Hammond, Harmony  Search this

Henes, Donna  Search this

Johnson, Ray, 1927-  Search this

Judd, Donald, 1928-  Search this

LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007  Search this

Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006  Search this

Stevens, May  Search this

Extent:

70.5 Linear feet

0.454 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sound recordings

Interviews

Photographs

Date:

1930s-2010

bulk 1960-1990

Summary:

The papers of New York and New Mexico writer, art critic, and curator, Lucy R. Lippard, measure 70.5 linear feet and 0.454 GB and date from the 1930s to 2007, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s to the 1990s. Over half of the collection consists of correspondence files documenting Lippard's professional relationships with artists, writers, galleries, art institutions, and political organizations, and her interest in conceptual and minimalist art, feminism and political activism. Also found are Lippard's notes and writings including sound recordings and interviews, teaching and exhibition files, printed and digital material, several works of art, and photographs of artwork and artists. Scattered throughout the collection are a small number of records concerning Lippard's personal life. An addition of 3.0 linear feet donated 2015 includes subject files on feminist and conceptual art as well as land use, development, and local politics and history in New Mexico.

There is a 17.0 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2015 and 2021 that incudes research files (press clippings, notes, correspondence, ephemera) related to the publications 'Lure of the Local' and 'Undermining' are a significant portion. In addition there are approximetley 50 notebooks ranging from 1965-1996, containing notes and daily tasks. Printed material and ephemera includes promotional materials for talks and public engagements, as well as press clippings of reviews and other news items featuring Lippard. Another significant portion of the addition is labeled "miscellaneous professional correspondence."Materials date from circa 1965-2010.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York and New Mexico writer, art critic, and curator, Lucy R. Lippard, measure 70.5 linear feet and 0.454 GB and date from the 1930s to 2007, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s to the 1990s. Over half of the collection consists of correspondence files documenting Lippard's professional relationships with artists, writers, galleries, art institutions, and political organizations, and her interest in conceptual and minimalist art, feminism and political activism. Also found are Lippard's notes and writings including sound recordings and interviews, teaching and exhibition files, printed and digital material, several works of art, and photographs of artwork and artists. Scattered throughout the collection are a small number of records concerning Lippard's personal life. An addition of 3.0 linear feet donated 2015 includes subject files on feminist and conceptual art as well as land use, development, and local politics and history in New Mexico.

A small amount of biographical material comprises resumes and an address book.

Correspondence files document all aspects of Lippard's professional life including her relationships with artists such as Carl Andre, Judy Chicago, Hanne Darboven, Ray Johnson, Sol LeWitt, and Henry Pearson; feminist artists including Mary Beth Edelson, Harmony Hammond, Donna Henes, and May Stevens; political and art-related activist groups such as Alliance for Cultural Democracy, Art Workers Coalition, Political Art Documentation/Distribution, Printed Matter, and Women's Caucus for Art; galleries and museums including Addison Gallery of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, and publishers including Art International and Art Forum. The series also traces the development of Lippard's involvement in activist causes including censorship and the rights of artists, Central America and the impact of U.S. policy on the region, and equality and reproductive rights for women, as well as her interest in conceptual and minimalist art. The series includes scattered artwork and photographs of artists.

Writings are primarily by Lippard and include correspondence, manuscript drafts, extensive notes, and publication records for some of her best-known books such as The Graphic Work of Philip Evergood (1966), Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object (1973), Eva Hesse (1976), Ad Reinhardt (1985), and Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America (1990), as well as essays for publications such as Art Forum and Studio International and contributions to exhibition catalogs. Also found are edited transcripts from conferences, symposia and interviews conducted by and of Lippard, some audio recordings of interviews and symposia, including an interview with Donald Judd, and notes and typescripts for lectures and speeches.

A small number of files document Lippard's teaching work during the 1970s and 1980s, primarily at the University of Colorado, Boulder where she taught several courses and seminars.

Exhibition files document Lippard's involvement with exhibitions she helped to organize or curate such as A Different War: Vietnam in Art (1989-1991) 557,087 and 955,000 (1969, 1970), 2,972, 453 (1971) c.7,500 (1973-1974) and those for which she wrote catalog contributions.

Printed material includes a collection of articles written by Lippard and a small amount of material concerning events, such as speaking engagements, in which Lippard was involved. Other printed material reflects Lippard's wide range of artistic, political and activist interests and documents exhibitions and performances and the activities of art-related and political groups. Material includes many exhibition catalogs, announcements, invitations, printed posters, news clippings, journal articles, brochures, pamphlets and other publications.

Artwork includes sixteen items by unidentified artists, including two by children. Photographs consist primarily of photographs of works of art in addition to a small number of photos of exhibition installations.

There is a 17.0 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2015 and 2021 that incudes research files (press clippings, notes, correspondence, ephemera) related to the publications 'Lure of the Local' and 'Undermining' are a significant portion. In addition there are approximetley 50 notebooks ranging from 1965-1996, containing notes and daily tasks. Printed material and ephemera includes promotional materials for talks and public engagements, as well as press clippings of reviews and other news items featuring Lippard. Another significant portion of the addition is labeled "miscellaneous professional correspondence."Materials date from circa 1965-2010.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as nine series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1960s-circa 1980s (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1950s-2006 (Boxes 1-28, 51, OVs 54-63; 28.8 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1930s-1990s (Boxes 28-41, 51-52, OVs 64-66; 13.24 linear feet, ER01; 0.454 GB)

Series 4: Teaching Files, 1966-1993 (Boxes 41, 52; 0.76 linear feet)

Series 5: Exhibitions, 1960s-1990s (Boxes 42-45, 52, OVs 67-68; 4.2 linear feet)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1940s-2007 (Boxes 45-49, 52, OVs 69-77; 5.3 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork and Ephemera, circa 1960s-circa 1990s (Boxes 50, 53; 4 folders)

Series 8: Photographs, 1950s-circa 1990s (Boxes 50, 53, OV 71; 1.0 linear foot)

Series 9: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1965-2010, (Boxes 78-94; 17.0 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

New York and New Mexico writer and art critic, Lucy R. Lippard, is the curator of numerous exhibitions and the author of over twenty-four books and other writings that trace the emergence of minimalist and conceptual art and document Lippard's commitment to feminism and political activism.

Born in New York City in 1937, Lippard earned a B.A. from Smith College in 1958 and an M.A. in 1962 from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. In the 1960s she began writing art criticism for the journals Art International and Artforum. In 1966 she curated the landmark exhibition Eccentric Abstraction at the Fischbach Gallery in New York City. Lippard then curated the first of four defining conceptual art exhibitions that became known as her "numbers" shows, each titled after the populations of the cities in which they took place, with catalogs in the form of a set of 10 x 15 cm index cards. Opening at the Seattle Art Museum in 1969, 557,087 was followed by 955,000 in Vancouver, Canada, a few months later. 2,972,453 was held at the Centro de Arte y Comunicacíon in Buenos Aires in 1971 and c.7500 opened in Valencia, California, in 1973-1974 before traveling to several other venues in the United States and Europe.

Lippard's first book, The Graphic Work of Philip Evergood was published in 1966, followed by Pop Art the same year, and a collection of her early essays, Changing, in 1971. Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object (1973) and From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women's Art (1976) documented the emergence of conceptual art and the early years of feminist art respectively. In 1976 Lippard published her seminal book on the life and work of Eva Hesse.

Between 1977 and 1978 Lippard lived on a farm in Devon, England, and worked on a novel, The First Stone, about the role of politics in the lives of three generations of women. During her walks across the English countryside she became interested in landscape art and conceived of her book Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory which was subsequently published in 1983. Other books include Get the Message?: A Decade Of Art For Social Change (1984), Ad Reinhardt (1985), and Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America (1990). Lippard has also written regular columns on art and politics for the Village Voice, In These Times and Z Magazine, and has been a contributing editor of Art in America.

Lippard was radicalized during a trip to Argentina in 1968 when she was invited to be a juror at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. On her return to the United States she became heavily involved in anti-war activities and the Art Workers Coalition. She is a co-founder of several feminist and artist organizations including the feminist collective Heresies, which produced Heresies: A Feminist Journal on Art and Politics from 1977-1992, Ad Hoc Women Artists, Alliance for Cultural Democracy, Artists Call Against U.S. Intervention in Central America, Women's Action Coalition, and Women's Art Registry. In 1976 she was a founder of Printed Matter, a New York nonprofit dedicated to producing artists' publications. She also worked closely with Franklin Furnace, an artist-run space devoted to the promotion of artists' books, installation art, and video and performance art, and served on the organization's International Committee.

Lippard has been a visiting professor at the School of Visual Arts, the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the University of Queensland, Australia, and was Eminent Artist in Residence at the University of Wyoming Department of Art in 2015. She has received honorary doctorates in fine arts from Maine College of Art, the Massachusetts College of Art, Moore College of Art, San Francisco Art Institute, and others, and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants in criticism, the Smith College Medal, the ArtTable Award for Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts, and the Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies Award for Excellence.

Lippard has lived in New Mexico since 1992 and works as a freelance writer and speaker.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Lucy Lippard conducted in 2011 March 15, by Sue Heinemann, for the Archives of American Art's Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts project, funded by a grant from the A G Foundation.

Provenance:

Lucy R. Lippard donated her papers in several increments between 1972-1995, 2006, 2015 and 2021.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Curators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Authors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Artists -- Political activity  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Feminism and art  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Women art critics  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Conceptual art  Search this

Minimal art  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Photographs

Citation:

Lucy R. Lippard papers, 1930s-2007, bulk 1960s-1990s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.lipplucy

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Lucy R. Lippard papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9101c6a69-dde9-42ed-94cc-d03650c249ed

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lipplucy

Creator:

Meyer-Bernstein, Gerda, 1924-  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Citation:

Gerda Meyer Bernstein papers, 1973-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16279

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)373235

AAA_collcode_meyegerd

Theme:

Women

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_373235

Creator:

Meyer-Bernstein, Gerda  Search this

Extent:

1.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Date:

1973-2015

Summary:

The papers of installation artist Gerda Meyer-Bernstein measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1973 to 2015. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, ten notebooks, scattered general project files, printed material, digital recordings of interviews, and a video recording concerning Meyer-Bernstein's installation Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of installation artist Gerda Meyer-Bernstein measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1973 to 2015. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, ten notebooks, scattered general project files, printed material, digital recordings of interviews, and a video recording concerning Meyer-Bernstein's installation Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Gerda Meyer-Bernstein (1923-) is a Chicago, Illinois installation artist whose works comment on global issues and crises and include a number of installations dedicated to Holocaust remembrance. She uses non-traditional materials including discarded objects.

Born in Westphalia, Meyer-Bernstein escaped Nazi Germany on one of the last Kindertransports of 1940. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1950s and worked there as a teaching assistant before graduating with an M.F.A. in 1978. Meyer-Bernstein is a founding member of the Artists in Residence Gallery and her work has been shown in the Art Institute's Chicago & Vicinity annual exhibition three times.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2015 by Gerda Meyer-Bernstein.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Installation artists -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Citation:

Gerda Meyer-Bernstein papers, 1973-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

AAA.meyegerd

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Gerda Meyer Bernstein papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9436cf6df-b154-4fff-b3a0-33ebc0a93a93

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-meyegerd

Artist:

María Magdalena Campos-Pons, born La Vega, Province of Matanzas, Cuba 1959  Search this

Medium:

marble, wood, glass, soil, and color prints of black and white film transferred to canvas

Dimensions:

dimensions variable

Type:

Installation Art

Date:

1991

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in part through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center

Copyright:

© 2022, María Magdalena Campos-Pons

Object number:

2022.62A-N

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70db98094-7b93-4f44-909d-07a579ee02a1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2022.62A-N

Creator:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture  Search this

Willis, Deborah, 1948-  Search this

Extent:

1.25 Linear feet (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photocopies

Exhibition records

Photographic prints

Slides (photographs)

Exhibit scripts

Correspondence

Brochures

Date:

1998

Summary:

An exhibition of sculpture and installation art featuring eight women artists, the show sought to decode the social imagery of black women's representation and experiences. Curated by Deborah Willis, the exhibit was organized by the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture and held at the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, South Gallery from April 13, 1998 to September 30, 1998. Artist featured included: Denise Ward Brown, Beverly Buchanan, Carole Byard, Rashida Ferndinand, Kira Lynn Harris, Valerie Maynard, and Renée Stout, and Eve Sandler.

Scope and Contents note:

These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, exhibit scripts, research files, artist lists, administrative records, exhibit layouts and brochures.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photocopies

Exhibition records -- 1990-2004

Photographic prints

Slides (photographs)

Exhibit scripts

Correspondence

Brochures

Citation:

Resonant Forms: Contemporary African American Women Sculptors exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

ACMA.03-006

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa79d94d675-c764-4927-ad6e-a0100f70cff9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-03-006

Interviewee:

Blake, Nayland, 1960-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Names:

ACT UP San Francisco (Organization)  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

59 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2016 November 25-26

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Nayland Blake, conducted 2016 November 25-26, by Alex Fialho, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Blake's home in Brooklyn, New York.

Blake speaks of growing up in a bi-racial family in New York City; visiting museums, art exhibits and shows, and going to the theatre with their parents; attending Charlotte Moorman's Avant Garde Festivals as a teenager; relating their emerging sexuality to the television shows Batman, The Addams Family, and Star Trek; the decision to attend Bard College; the influence of Times Square Show; co-organizing Bard's first gay and lesbian alliance; attending California Institute of the Arts and the different culture they experienced there; their struggle to make explicitly gay work without it being beefcake; not feeling connected to a gay community in Los Angeles but feeling camaraderie with other artists; their decision to move to San Francisco; first hearing about HIV/AIDS while at CalArts and experiencing the first loss of a friend in San Francisco; the undercurrent of more and more men testing positive in their community; the long two-week wait to receive test results; the generational split within the gay community and how that was squashed by the epidemic; the subjects of mortality and mourning in gay art and how that changed the reception of gay artists; the gay and lesbian shows Extended Sensibilities and Against Nature; the organization of ACT UP San Francisco and subsequent split into ACT UP SF, ACT UP Golden Gate, and ACT UP San Francisco; the "imperiled and heightened physicality" Blake began using in their work; participating in Art Against Aids on the Road; directly addressing the frequency of AIDS deaths in their piece Every 12 Minutes; the social network of caregivers that rallied to support those dying from AIDS through home care and food delivery; curating In A Different Life; the pleasure in curating shows; The Shreber Suite installation pieces; purchasing Wayland Flowers' puppet Madame at auction; being a child of the '60s and believing sex is an expression of one's cultural identity; feeling attacked by the dismissive and oppressive Republican government in the 1980s; the extensive symbolism and meaning in their bunny themed work; the technology boom's affect on the Bay Area and their return to New York City; the show Double Fantasy about their relationship with their partner Philip Horvitz; teaching at International Center for Photography and their work in the kink community; the distance their students have to the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and their identification as an American artist. Blake also recalls Jeff Preiss, Cliff Preiss, William Hohauser, Debra Pierson, Nancy Mitchnick, Jake Grossberg, Robert Kelly, Kathy Acker, Gerry Pearlberg, Kathe Burkhart, Judie Bamber, Catherine Opie, Nancy Barton, Julie Ault, William Olander, Robert Glueck, Kevin Killian, Dodie Bellamy, D-L Alvarez, Stephen Evans, Michael Jenkins, Richard Hawkins, Ann Philbin, Rick Jacobsen, Amy Sholder, David Wojnarowicz, Rudy Lemcke, A.A. Bronson, Philip Horvitz, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Nayland Blake (1960-) is a performance artist and installation artist in New York, New York. Alex Fialho (1989-) is a curator and arts writer who is the Programs Director for Visual AIDS in New York, New York.

General:

Originally recorded as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 49 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.

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.blake16

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97a70d548-59b6-40ed-83e3-54d0fb340c9c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-blake16