Interview with Robert Gordy
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gordy, Robert, 1933-
label: Interviewer
content: Kahan, Mitchell Douglas, 1951-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Art, African
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Mitchell D. Kahan.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Gordy, Robert, 1933-
label: Interviewer
content: Kahan, Mitchell Douglas, 1951-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Gordy (1933-1986) was a painter from New Orleans, La.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 39 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986 Feb. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gordrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Robert Gordy conducted by Mitchell Kahan on 1986 Feb. 15. Gordy speaks of changes in his painting style over the previous five years; printmaking media he worked in; materials he experimented with; the influence of his interest in African art; views of women in his work; humor in his work; the New Orleans environment and its effect on him; and artists who have influenced him.