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Interviewee:

Knowles, Alison, 1933-  Search this

Interviewer:

Richards, Judith Olch  Search this

Creator:

Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project  Search this

Names:

California Institute of the Arts -- Faculty  Search this

Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project  Search this

Middlebury College -- Students  Search this

Pratt Institute. Art School -- Students  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

Brecht, George  Search this

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Chicago, Judy, 1939-  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Gordon, Coco, 1938-  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974  Search this

Hamilton, Richard, 1922-  Search this

Hendricks, Jon  Search this

Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998  Search this

Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995  Search this

Jones, Joe, 1909-1963  Search this

Kaprow, Allan  Search this

Kuehn, Kathy  Search this

Lauf, Cornelia  Search this

Lindner, Richard, 1901-1978  Search this

Mac Low, Jackson  Search this

Maciunas, George, 1931-1978  Search this

Moorman, Charlotte  Search this

Ono, Yōko  Search this

Paik, Nam June, 1932-  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008  Search this

Saito, Takako, 1929-  Search this

Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015  Search this

Schneemann, Carolee, 1939-  Search this

Schöning, Klaus  Search this

Shiomi, Mieko, 1909-1948  Search this

Silverman, Gilbert  Search this

Spoerri, Daniel, 1930-  Search this

Teitelbaum, Richard  Search this

Tenney, James  Search this

Waśko, Ryszard  Search this

Extent:

86 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2010 June 1-2

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Alison Knowles conducted 2010 June 1-2, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art's Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project, at Knowles' home and studio, in New York, N.Y.

Knowles speaks of her family background; her father's (an English professor) influence on her education; her love of nature and isolation as a young girl; her French studies at Middlebury College; her transfer to Pratt Institute to study art; the social and academic environment at Pratt; her inclinations towards abstraction; her first marriage to Jim Ericson; her first studio at 423 Broadway; her early jobs as a commercial artist; her first gallery show at Nonagon, in 1958, and how she subsequently burned the paintings in that show; her second marriage to Dick Higgins in 1960; her Judson Gallery Show in 1962 and how she subsequently discarded those works; her involvement in the Fluxus group; her involvement with the "Cage class," and its early performances; her collaboration with John Cage on the book, "Notations" (1968); her collaboration with Marcel Duchamp on a print (1967); the circumstances surrounding her performance piece, "Make a Salad" (1962), her travels through Europe with Higgins; the birth of her twins; her computerized poetic piece and installation, "House of Dust" (1967) and how it was later vandalized; her move to Los Angeles to teach at CalArts; the rebuilding of "House of Dust" at CalArts; her move back to New York; the processes leading up to several projects and collaborations including "Loose Pages," "Big Book," "Bread and Water," and more; where she finds her inspiration; her thoughts on performance art; her studio environment in Barrytown, N.Y.; the influence and support of Germany on her work and Fluxus in general; her recent work, including "Identical Lunch"; and current challenges she faces as an artist.

She recalls Richard Lindner, Adolph Gottlieb, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Judy Chicago, Josef Albers, Dorothy Podber, Ray Johnson, Dick Higgins, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Klaus Schöning, Jon Hendricks, Gilbert Silverman, George Maciunas, George Brecht, Jack Mac Low, Yoko Ono, Mieko Shiomi, Takako Saito, Joe Jones, Marcel Duchamp, Daniel Spoerri, Richard Hamilton, Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman, Helmut Becker, Coco Gordon, Jim Tenney, Cornelia Lauf, Rirkrit Tirvanija, Allan Kaprow, Simone Forte, Carolee Schneemann, Richard Teitelbaum, Miriam Schapiro, Miguel Abrau, James Fuentes, Cyrilla Wozenter, Kathy Kuehn, Ryszard Wasko.

Biographical / Historical:

Alison Knowles (1933- ) is an artist and a founding member of Fluxus in New York, N.Y. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is a former director of iCI in New York, N.Y.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 mini discs. Duration is 5 hr., 45 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.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Fluxus (Group of artists)  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women performance artists  Search this

Performance art  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project, funded by the A G Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.knowle10

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98f89c1d9-b4ed-49cb-8fac-4f5e5dedfa4e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-knowle10

Publisher:

Knowles, Alison 1933-  Search this

Lockwood, Annea 1939-  Search this

Editor:

Hoff, James  Search this

Revell, Irene 1980-  Search this

Designer:

Myers, Rick  Search this

Author:

Anderson, Beth 1950-  Search this

Anderson, Ruth 1953-  Search this

Apple, Jacki  Search this

Benary, Barbara  Search this

Dienes, Sari  Search this

Ffarrabas, Nye  Search this

Forti, Simone  Search this

Greenberg, Wendy  Search this

Von Gunden, Heidi 1940-  Search this

Hendricks, Bici  Search this

Janicot, Françoise  Search this

Kubisch, Christina 1948-  Search this

Law, Carol  Search this

Lucier, Mary  Search this

Mikulchik, Lisa  Search this

Noël, Ann  Search this

Oliveros, Pauline 1932-2016  Search this

Saito, Takako 1929-  Search this

Schneemann, Carolee 1939-2019  Search this

Shiomi, Mieko  Search this

Summers, Elaine 1925-2014  Search this

Weber, Carole  Search this

Winter, Julie  Search this

Wood, Marilyn 1929-  Search this

Issuing body:

Primary Information (Organization)  Search this

Physical description:

32 unnumbered pages illustrations 22 cm, in portfolio (24 x 22 cm) + 1 foldout poster

Type:

Books

Artists' books

Facsimiles

Date:

2019

Topic:

Performance art  Search this

Avant-garde (Music)  Search this

Artists' books  Search this

Call number:

N8354 .W667 2019

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1110745

Editor:

Motard, Alice  Search this

Schmidt, Eva 1957-  Search this

Stahl, Johannes 1958-  Search this

Author:

Saito, Takako 1929- Works Selections  Search this

Host institution:

Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen  Search this

CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux  Search this

Subject:

Saito, Takako 1929-  Search this

Physical description:

317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

2018

Topic:

Fluxus (Group of artists)  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1100818