An interview of Gronk conducted by Jeffrey Rangel for the Archives of American Art.
Gronk discusses differences between two artists' group, Los Four and and Asco; the Chicano artists view of Asco; isolation from the Chicano arts movement as well as the mainstream avant-garde art scene; his relationship with Jerry Dreva and the development of mail art and the Dreva/Gronk Show: 1968-1978 at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; and his 1983 NEA fellowship for performance/conceptual work.
Biographical / Historical:
Gronk (1954-) is an artist from California. Gronk, whose full name is Glugio Gronk Nicandro, was born in Los Angeles in 1954. As a member of the 1970s activist performance group, Asco (nausea), with Harry Gamboa, Jr., Patssi Valdez, and Willie Herron, Gronk arranged anti-war protests and painted graffiti murals.
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. Funding for the interview provided by the Smithsonian Latino Fund.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Tallér de Arte Fronterízo 1984-1991 : una documentación contínua de siete años de proyectos de arte interdisciplinarios sobre asuntos de la frontera de Mexico con Estados Unidos = Border Art Workshop 1984-1991 : a contiuning documentation of seven years of interdisciplinary art projects surrounding issues of the U.S./Mexico border
Title:
Border Art Workshop 1984-1991
Destination L.A
Author:
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Gallery) Search this
Subject:
Border Art Workshop/Tallér de Arte Fronterízo Search this
Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.) Search this
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The Los Angeles - New York exchange : Jill Giegerich ... [et al.], Charles Clough ... [et al.] : Artists Space, May 21-July 2, 1983 : LACE, June 8- July 16, 1983
Variations III : emerging artists in Southern California : an exhibition initiated and sponsored by the Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and organized by LACE--Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions / curator and essayist, Melinda Wortz
