Adrian Piper papers
name: label: Creator
content: Piper, Adrian, 1948-
label: Names
content: Alloway, Lawrence, 1926-1990
label: Names
content: Buchanan, Nancy, 1946-
label: Names
content: LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007
label: Names
content: Lippard, Lucy R.
label: Names
content: Mayer, Rosemary
topic: label: Occupation
content: Conceptual artists
label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Philosophers
label: Topic
content: Art and race
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by Adrian Piper.
creator: label: Creator
content: Piper, Adrian, 1948-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Adrian Piper (1948-) is a conceptual artist and philosopher. She taught philosophy at numerous institutions and was the first female African American philosophy professor to receive academic tenure in the United States. Piper moved to Berlin, Germany in 2005 where she now runs the Adrian Piper Research Archive (APRA). In 2012, Piper "publicly retired from being Black."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pipeadri
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: I. Materials regarding Piper's art career, 1968-1988, boxes 1 to 3. II. materials regarding Pipers philosophy career, 1979-1987, boxes 4 to 7. III. personal papers, 1965-1990, boxes 8 to 10.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers related to Piper's dual careers as conceptual artist and philosophy instructor. Personal letters and financial material are also included.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Adrian Piper papers contain material related to Piper's art career includinc correspondence (1968-1988) with editors, curators, critics and others regarding museum and gallery exhibitions; lectures and panel discussions; and publications by and about Piper, mainly concerned with race and gender in art. Correspondents include Lawrence Alloway, Nancy Buchanan, Nina Felshin, Hans Haacke, Donald Kuspit, Sol Lewitt, Lucy Lippard, Rosemary Mayer, William Olander (The New York Museum), Philip Redican, Sam Samore, Terry Wolferton, and others. Subject files on the American Association of Museums, the National Endowment for the Arts panels and the New York State Council on the arts, and printed material including exhibition announcements and clippings are also included. Philosophy career related papers include correspondence (1974-1987) kept while teaching at the University of Michigan, Stanford University, and Georgetown University; and graduate school class notes, many with sketches. Personal papers include letters (1965-1990) from friends and family; and financial material such as tax returns and household expenses.