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Oral history interview with Bruce Metcalf, 2009 June 10

Interviewee:
Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this
Interviewer:
Cooke, Edward S., 1954-  Search this
Subject:
Adamson, Glenn  Search this
Arneson, Robert  Search this
Bauer, Fred  Search this
Bennett, Jamie  Search this
Burns, Mark  Search this
Church, Sharon  Search this
Clark, Garth  Search this
Craig, Gabriel  Search this
Cummins, Susan  Search this
Daley, William  Search this
Ebendorf, Robert  Search this
Eidelberg, Martin P.  Search this
Flynn, Pat  Search this
Getty, Nilda  Search this
Gill, John  Search this
Griffin, Gary  Search this
Halem, Henry  Search this
Hammer, Wayne  Search this
Hash, Arthur  Search this
Jerry, Michael John  Search this
Long, Randy  Search this
Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent)  Search this
Koplos, Janet  Search this
Koss, Gene  Search this
Kumata, Carol  Search this
La Plantz, David  Search this
Lechtzin, Stanley  Search this
Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this
Mawdsley, Richard  Search this
Moran, Lois  Search this
Morris, William  Search this
Pritchard, Marian  Search this
Rogers, Harriet  Search this
Rogers, Steve  Search this
Ruskin, John  Search this
Schaechter, Judith  Search this
Shaw, Richard  Search this
Slivka, Rose  Search this
Slosberg, Jill  Search this
Wilson, Anne  Search this
Woell, J. Fred  Search this
Colorado State University  Search this
Kent State University  Search this
Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.)  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this
State University of New York at New Paltz  Search this
Syracuse University  Search this
Tyler School of Art  Search this
University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place:
California -- description and travel
Seoul (Korea) -- Description and travel
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Bruce Metcalf, 2009 June 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Ceramics  Search this
Communism  Search this
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Conceptual art  Search this
Formalism (Art)  Search this
Jewelers -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews  Search this
Metal-work  Search this
Jewelry making  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16051
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)310185
AAA_collcode_metcal09
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_310185
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Oral history interview with Bruce Metcalf

Interviewee:
Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this
Interviewer:
Cooke, Edward S., 1954-  Search this
Creator:
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Names:
Colorado State University -- Faculty  Search this
Kent State University -- Faculty  Search this
Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.)  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this
State University of New York at New Paltz -- Students  Search this
Syracuse University -- Students  Search this
Tyler School of Art -- Students  Search this
University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Faculty  Search this
Adamson, Glenn  Search this
Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992  Search this
Bauer, Fred  Search this
Bennett, Jamie, 1948-  Search this
Burns, Mark, 1950-  Search this
Church, Sharon, 1948-  Search this
Clark, Garth, 1947-  Search this
Craig, Gabriel  Search this
Cummins, Susan  Search this
Daley, William, 1925-2022  Search this
Ebendorf, Robert, 1938-  Search this
Eidelberg, Martin P.  Search this
Flynn, Pat, 1954-  Search this
Getty, Nilda  Search this
Gill, John, 1949-  Search this
Griffin, Gary, 1945-  Search this
Halem, Henry  Search this
Hammer, Wayne  Search this
Hash, Arthur, 1976-  Search this
Jerry, Michael John, 1937-  Search this
Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent), 1934-2013  Search this
Koplos, Janet  Search this
Koss, Gene  Search this
Kumata, Carol  Search this
La Plantz, David  Search this
Lechtzin, Stanley, 1936-  Search this
Long, Randy  Search this
Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this
Mawdsley, Richard, 1945-  Search this
Moran, Lois  Search this
Morris, William, 1834-1896  Search this
Pritchard, Marian  Search this
Rogers, Harriet  Search this
Rogers, Steve  Search this
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900  Search this
Schaechter, Judith, 1961-  Search this
Shaw, Richard, 1941 Sept. 12-  Search this
Slivka, Rose  Search this
Slosberg, Jill  Search this
Wilson, Anne, 1949-  Search this
Woell, J. Fred, 1934-  Search this
Extent:
96 Pages (Transcript)
5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (4 hr., 10 min.), digital, wav)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place:
California -- description and travel
Seoul (Korea) -- Description and Travel
Date:
2009 June 10
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Bruce Metcalf conducted 2009 June 10, by Edward S. Cooke, Jr., for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Metcalf's home, in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Mr. Metcalf discusses his early years in Amherst, Massachusetts; beginnings as a maker with modeling clay and plastic airplane models; undergraduate years at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York in the late 1960s; early interest in architecture; early disenchantment with modernist discourse and theory; introduction to Marxist theory and idealism of the 1960s; summer trip to California in 1970; return to the East Coast upon the death of his father; return to college, transferring into jewelry in his senior year; influence of his teacher Michael Jerry; seeing the work in "Objects: USA" exhibition (1969) and influence of the work of J. Fred Woell, Richard Mawdsley, L. Brent Kington; rejection of current trends in art, including conceptual art and formalism; his affinity for the medium of metal, and hammersmithing; influence of funk ceramics, including work by Fred Bauer and Richard Shaw; brief stint at Montana State University, Bozeman; working in cardboard and wood; graduate school at the State University of New York, New Paltz; working with Robert Ebendorf and Kurt Matzdorf at New Paltz; work as a production artist/craftsperson; attending Rhinebeck, New York, craft fair in the mid-1970s; the influence of writings by William Morris and John Ruskin and the notion of "dignified labor"; graduate school at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; formulating his aesthetic of narrative symbolism; publication of his first article in 1977 as a response to review of the exhibition "Forms in Metal: 275 Years of Metalsmithing in America" (1975); yearlong teaching position at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; taking a teaching position at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (1986-1991); publication of his article "Crafts: Second-Class Citizens?" in the first issue of Metalsmith, 1980; growing involvement with the Society of North American Goldsmiths; development of his notion of "social utility" and the role and function of crafts and making; expansion of his writing on craft; rejection of the deconstructivist school of thought in the 1980s; abandonment of sculptural objects for jewelry in the early 1990s; return to Philadelphia in 1991; early teaching of history of craft, first at Kent, then on a Fulbright scholarship in Seoul, South Korea (1990), later at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, in the early 1990s; influence of Martin Eidelberg; development of his vision for a history of craft course; collaboration with Janet Koplos on "Makers: A History of American Studio Craft"; use of his medium and craft to explore issues of nurturing and anxiety; the psychological/social effect and aesthetic importance of wearing jewelry (for the wearer and the artist); the pros and cons of craft collectors; the problematics of installation work by craft artists; recent trends in craft, including Anne Wilson's notion of "sloppy craft" and an "anti-craft" attitude; recent artists, including Arthur Hash and Gabriel Craig; lack of exhibition opportunities for younger/emerging artists; influential recent texts, including "Shards," by Garth Clark. He also recalls Robert Arneson, Randy Long, Carol Kumata, Jamie Bennett, Steve and Harriet Rogers, Wayne Hammer, Stanley Lechtzin, Gene Koss, Henry Halem, Mark Burns, Rose Slivka, Nilda Getty, Jill Slosberg, Sharon Church, John Gill, David La Plantz, Lois Moran; Gary Griffin; William Daley, Marian Pritchard, Glenn Adamson, Pat Flynn, Susan Cummins, and Judith Schaechter.
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Bruce Metcalf on June 10, 2009. The interview took place in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., and was conducted by Edward S. Cooke, Jr. for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This interview is part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Bruce Metcalf has reviewed the transcript. His corrections and emendations appear below in brackets with initials. This transcript has been lightly edited for readability by the Archives of American Art. The reader should bear in mind that they are reading a transcript of spoken, rather than written, prose.
Biographical / Historical:
Bruce Metcalf (1949- ) is a jeweler and writer in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
General:
Originally recorded as 5 sound files. Duration is 4 hr., 10 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 transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Ceramics  Search this
Communism  Search this
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Conceptual art  Search this
Formalism (Art)  Search this
Jewelers -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews  Search this
Metal-work  Search this
Jewelry making  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.metcal09
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw974054f15-9dfd-4aea-98f7-707fd609918e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-metcal09
Online Media:

Deconstructivist architecture : the Museum of Modern Art, New York / Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley

Author:
Johnson, Philip 1906-2005  Search this
Wigley, Mark  Search this
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
104 p. : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Soviet Union
Date:
1988
C1988
20th century
Topic:
Deconstructivism (Architecture)--Exhibitions  Search this
Architecture, Modern  Search this
Constructivism (Architecture)--Influence--Exhibitions  Search this
Call number:
NA682.D43 J6 1988X
NA682.D43J6 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_381195

The architecture of deconstruction : Derrida's haunt / Mark Wigley

Author:
Wigley, Mark  Search this
Subject:
Derrida, Jacques Philosophy  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 278 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Call number:
NA682.D43 W54 1993X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_468147

New wave Japanese architecture / Kisho Kurokawa

Author:
Kurokawa, Kishō 1934-2007  Search this
Physical description:
300 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Date:
1993
20th century
Topic:
Architects  Search this
Architecture--History  Search this
Architecture, Japanese  Search this
Architecture, Postmodern  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Call number:
NA1555 .K96 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_452970

Gordon Matta-Clark : the space between / James Attlee & Lisa Le Feuvre

Author:
Attlee, James  Search this
Le Feuvre, Lisa  Search this
Matta-Clark, Gordon 1943-1978  Search this
Centre for Contemporary Arts (Glasgow, Scotland)  Search this
Architectural Association (Great Britain)  Search this
Subject:
Matta-Clark, Gordon 1943-1978 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
111 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_812423

Architecture, in fashion / edited by Deborah Fausch ... [et al.]

Author:
Fausch, Deborah 1950-  Search this
Princeton University School of Architecture  Search this
Physical description:
414 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1994
C1994
Topic:
Symbolism in architecture  Search this
Architecture, Postmodern  Search this
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_796885

Machines d'architecture

Author:
Fondation Cartier  Search this
Physical description:
63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1992
C1992
20th century
Topic:
Architecture, Modern  Search this
Deconstructivism (Architecture)--Exhibitions  Search this
Call number:
NA680.M2 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_658173

20th C architecture : the structures that shaped the century / Jonathan Glancey

Title:
20th century architecture
Twentieth century architecture
Author:
Glancey, Jonathan  Search this
Physical description:
400 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1998
20th century
Topic:
Architecture, Modern  Search this
Architecture, Postmodern  Search this
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_958360

Object to be destroyed : the work of Gordon Matta-Clark / Pamela M. Lee

Author:
Lee, Pamela M  Search this
Matta-Clark, Gordon 1943-1978  Search this
Subject:
Matta-Clark, Gordon 1943-1978 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2000
©2000
Topic:
Deconstructivism (Architecture)--Influence  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.M437 L44 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_595927

Zaha Hadid : the complete buildings and projects / essay by Aaron Betsky

Author:
Hadid, Zaha  Search this
Betsky, Aaron  Search this
Subject:
Hadid, Zaha  Search this
Physical description:
175 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1998
Topic:
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_588665

At memory's edge : after-images of the Holocaust in contemporary art and architecture / James E. Young

Author:
Young, James Edward  Search this
Physical description:
248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Date:
2000
Topic:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and architecture  Search this
Symbolism in architecture  Search this
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Holocaust memorials  Search this
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_619697

Zaha Hadid complete works / [edited by Patrik Schumacher and Gordana Fontana-Giusti]

Author:
Hadid, Zaha  Search this
Schumacher, Patrik 1961-  Search this
Fontana-Giusti, Gordana  Search this
Subject:
Hadid, Zaha  Search this
Physical description:
4 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Catalogues raisonnés
Date:
2004
Topic:
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074141

Unfolding Frankfurt / [translation of Eisenman text, Jörg Gleiter ; translation of Rajchman text, Jörg Gleiter in collaboration with Roland Ganter ; catalog designed and edited by Judy Greib and Sabu Kohso]

Title:
Frankfurt entfalten
Author:
Eisenman, Peter 1932-  Search this
Rajchman, John  Search this
Geib, Judy  Search this
Kohso, Sabu  Search this
Eisenman Architects  Search this
Albert Speer & Partner  Search this
Hanna/Olin Ltd  Search this
Aedes Galerie für Architektur und Raum  Search this
Subject:
Eisenman Architects  Search this
Physical description:
77 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Rebstockpark (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1991
©1991
Topic:
Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this
Architecture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1067658

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