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Oral history interview with Catherine Opie, 2012 August 13-27

Interviewee:
Opie, Catherine, 1961-  Search this
Interviewer:
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter  Search this
Subject:
Burleigh, Julie  Search this
Regen, Shaun Caley  Search this
Regen, Stuart  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place:
California -- San Francisco -- Description and travel
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Catherine Opie, 2012 August 13-27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Artists (LGBTQ)  Search this
Lesbian artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16124
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)363041
AAA_collcode_opie12
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_363041
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Catherine Opie

Interviewee:
Opie, Catherine, 1961-  Search this
Interviewer:
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter  Search this
Names:
Burleigh, Julie  Search this
Regen, Shaun Caley  Search this
Regen, Stuart, 1959-1998  Search this
Extent:
7 Items (Sound recording: 7 sound files (5 hr., 17 min.), digital, wav)
112 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place:
California -- San Francisco -- Description and Travel
Date:
2012 August 13-27
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Catherine Opie conducted 2012 August 13-27, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art, at Opie's home and studio in Los Angeles, California.
Opie discusses her childhood in Sandusky, Ohio, moving to California, and introduction to photography; her life in San Francisco and its role in her formulation of sexuality and identity; the importance of identity within her work, especially that of the queer community; the role of architecture and her landscape paintings as metaphor for the queer community and the search for identity; the role of reconceptualization in her work, leading to the ever-changing nature of her works, including comparisons between her portraiture and her landscape photography; her influences and her moniker of the "American photographer" Opie also recalls her partner, painter Julie Burleigh; gallery owners Stuart and Shaun Regen; members of her community and subjects of her portraiture, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Catherine Opie (1961- ) is an artist and professor in Los Angeles, California. Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is a writer and art historian in Los Angeles, California.
General:
Originally recorded as 7 digital sound files. Duration is 5 hr., 17 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:
For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Photographers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Artists (LGBTQ)  Search this
Lesbian artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.opie12
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw996c87c1a-25b5-4fb7-ba58-ed93b134efe5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-opie12
Online Media:

Regen Projects 25 / foreword by George Baker ; essays by Ann Goldstein, Michael Maltzan ; afterword by Shaun Caley Regen

Writer of added text:
Baker, George  Search this
Goldstein, Ann  Search this
Maltzan, Michael  Search this
Regen, Shaun Caley  Search this
Author:
Regen Projects (Gallery : Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this
Subject:
Regen Projects (Gallery : Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this
Physical description:
479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Date:
2015
Topic:
Art galleries, Commercial  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1039968

HDTS2 [edited by Lisa Anne Auerbach]

Title:
High desert test sites 2
Author:
Auerbach, Lisa Anne 1967-  Search this
Connelly, John  Search this
Regen, Shaun Caley  Search this
Stillpass, Andy  Search this
Zittel, Andrea 1965-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
High Desert Test Sites (Event) (2nd : 2003)  Search this
Physical description:
33 pages illustrations 22 x 18 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books (books)
Artists' books
Place:
California
Mojave Desert (Calif.)
Date:
2003
21st century
Topic:
Arts, Modern  Search this
Deserts in art  Search this
Site-specific art  Search this
Artists' books  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_706919

Lari Pittman : paintings and works on paper 2005-2008 / [editor, Shaun Caley Regen]

Author:
Pittman, Lari 1952-  Search this
Regen, Shaun Caley  Search this
C/O--Atle Gerhardsen (Gallery)  Search this
Gladstone Gallery  Search this
Regen Projects (Gallery : Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this
Subject:
Pittman, Lari 1952-  Search this
Physical description:
135 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2008
C2008
Call number:
N6537.P533 A4 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_936493

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