Oral history interview with Robert Richenburg
odd: label: General
content: Sound quality is poor; worsens mid-interview.
label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 59 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Richenburg, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Cornell University -- Faculty
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Political aspects
label: Topic
content: Art -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Minimal art
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Pop art
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Richenburg, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Richenburg (1917-2006) was a painter and sculptor from Ithaca, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 August 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.richen68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Richenburg conducted 1968 August 27, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Richenburg speaks of the evolution of his work through experimentation with different materials and processes; his time teaching at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.; his views on young artists and the arts scene in New York City at the time, including Funk art, Pop art and Minimalism; his use of temporal materials and replaceable parts in his work to express his idea that "Living itself has to do with participating in the rhythms of growth and the rhythms of change." He also speaks of his work criticizing the Vietnam War.