Lisa Adams letters from Craig Kauffman
name: label: Creator
content: Adams, Lisa, 1955-
label: Creator
content: Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010
label: Names
content: Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1998 by Lisa Adams.
creator: label: Creator
content: Adams, Lisa, 1955-
label: Creator
content: Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lisa Adams is a painter and instructor at UCLA and Santa Monica College. Kauffman was a contemporary, abstract expressionist, finish-fetish and light and space artist, an associate professor at the University of California Berkeley and Irvine, and an instructor at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Adams and Kauffman met in Los Angeles in 1981 and then lived in N.Y. until 1984. Kauffman was one of the original members of the Ferus Gallery group. His connection with Beat era ideas led to a long-time study of Zen, Eastern philosophy, and residence in Southeast Asia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 39 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.adamlisa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Thirty-five letters and four postcards from Craig Kauffman to Lisa Adams written during the years Kauffman lived in Southeast Asia. Included are letters from the Philippines, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.