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March 10, 2010: Culture Fix: Gourds from Nigeria

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SOUNDSCAPE 1

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Feb. 10, 2010: Culture Fix: X-VOTO The Retablo Inspired Art of David Mecalco

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Introductory Video: Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives

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January 20, 2010: Culture Fix: Yoruba Palace Doors by Areogun

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2023 Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellows Lectures - Day 1

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2023-06-01T17:32:06.000Z
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2023 Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellows Lectures – Day 3

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American Art in a Global Context: Looking for the Big Picture

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2013-07-25T20:19:25.000Z
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2022 National Portrait Gallery Director's Essay Prize

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2022-09-16T18:32:01.000Z
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Transforming Teaching and Learning about American Indians: 3 Edwin Schupman 1

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2018-11-09T14:20:53.000Z
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Session 5—Kinship and Genocide in California

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Transforming Teaching and Learning about American Indians: 6 Edwin Schupman 2

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William D. Warren

Artist:
Sylvia Rogers Barnes, born 1930  Search this
Sitter:
William D. Warren, born 1924  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Sight: 76.2 x 61cm (30 x 24")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1984
Topic:
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair  Search this
Printed Material\Papers  Search this
Interior\Office  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this
William D. Warren: Male  Search this
William D. Warren: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
William D. Warren: Education and Scholarship\Scholar  Search this
William D. Warren: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\Dean  Search this
William D. Warren: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\Law  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Object number:
CA900017
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Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
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Oral history interview with Alexis Smith

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Smith, Alexis, 1949-  Search this
Interviewer:
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter  Search this
Names:
Holly Solomon Gallery  Search this
Honor Fraser Gallery  Search this
Margo Leavin Gallery  Search this
Mizuno Gallery  Search this
Nicholas Wilder Gallery  Search this
University of California, Irvine -- Students  Search this
University of California, Los Angeles -- Faculty  Search this
Bell, Larry, 1939-  Search this
Burden, Barbara  Search this
Burden, Chris, 1946-  Search this
Celmins, Vija, 1938-  Search this
Chicago, Judy, 1939-  Search this
Coplans, John  Search this
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-  Search this
Grieger, Scott  Search this
Howard, Coy  Search this
Irwin, Robert, 1928-  Search this
Krull, Craig  Search this
Moses, Avilda  Search this
Ruppersberg, Allen, 1944-  Search this
Sedivy, Richard  Search this
Solomon, Jerry  Search this
Extent:
5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (3 hr., 11 min.), digital, wav)
84 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
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Place:
France -- description and travel
Date:
2014 January 24-April 14
Scope and Contents:
An interview with Alexis Smith conducted 2014 January 24 and April 14, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art at Smith's studio, in Venice, California.
Ms. Smith discusses growing up in Southern California and her early years living with her parents on the grounds of Metropolitan State Hospital, a mental institution in Norwalk, California; her mother's death when Ms. Smith was 11; the family's time in Whittier and Palm Springs and being raised as an only child by her father; her early interest in French studies and travel to France as a student; her interest in studying art beginning with a John Coplans class at UC Irvine; her time at at UC Irvine in the early days of the university and her growing attraction to the life of an artist; the origin of her name Alexis Smith; and the encouragement of her fellow artists to continue pursuing her cut-up collages from literature, photos, magazines, and Hollywood ephemera. Ms. Smith also describes her time with her artist women's group in the 70s; her husband Scott Grieger; working for Frank Gehry; her showing with the Nicholas Wilder Gallery; her relationship with Chris Burden and her time with him during his period of performance pieces in the 70s; the Riko Mizuno Gallery; her work with terrazzo and its use for installations at the LA Convention Center, Ohio State University, and other installations; the appropriation of text and the assistance of Jerry Solomon utilizing custom frames in her artwork; the impact of women from history, media and literature on her art; her relationship with Coy Howard; the Holly Solomon Gallery; her Jane series; her On the Road series; her installation Snake Path at UC San Diego; her piece for SITE Santa Fe Red Carpet; teaching at UCLA; her installation of the piece Scarlet Letter at Las Vegas Central Library and its subsequent removal; her associations with Margo Leavin Gallery and Honor Fraser gallery; and the loss of her long-time studio space and the challenges of storing her artwork. Ms. Smith also recalls Judy Chicago, Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Larry Bell, Barbara Burden, Richard Sedivy, Avilda Moses, Craig Krull, and Allen Ruppersberg among others.
Biographical / Historical:
Alexis Smith (1949- ) is a collage, multimedia, and installation artist in Los Angeles, California. Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is an art critic and writer from Beverly Hills, California.
General:
Originally recorded as 5 sound files. Duration is 3 hr., 11 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:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Collagists -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Installations (Art)  Search this
Multimedia (Art)  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.smith14
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Archives of American Art
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A Promise Kept: 1 – Opening with Kevin Gover, Joy Harjo, and Gabrielle Tayac

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Strong Women/Strong Nations 8: Maylei Blackwell

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2016-03-28T17:38:48.000Z
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Prof. Jean Turner, "Molecular Clouds and Chemistry Beyond the Milky Way"

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2011-06-28T19:12:08.000Z
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Through the Window and Into the Mirror: A Career Conversation Series with Dr. Jessica Watkins

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2021-06-04T17:52:05.000Z
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Reach Across the Stars: Jessica Watkins Video Highlight

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2021-03-25T19:54:52.000Z
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The Buddha as the Yogin: The Making of a Nationalist Art History

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this
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2014-01-27T16:44:32.000Z
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