Oral history interview with Jamal Cyrus
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cyrus, Jamal, 1973-
label: Interviewer
content: Dawkins, Chad, 1982-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Assemblage artists -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Cyrus, Jamal, 1973-
label: Interviewer
content: Dawkins, Chad, 1982-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Jamal Cyrus (1973-) is a collage, assemblage, and installation artist based in Houston, Texas. His work draws inspiration from the quilt as a format for integration and reconciliation.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Chad Dawkins (1982-) is a critic and curator based in Atlanta, Georgia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (audiovisual files (4 hrs., 12 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 February 6-22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cyrus24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Jamal Cyrus conducted 2024 February 6-22, by Chad Dawkins for the Archives of American Art, at Cyrus's home and studio in Houston, Texas.­