Oral history interview with Ed Bereal
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bereal, Edmund, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Assemblage artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
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: Bereal, Edmund, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ed Bereal (1937- ) is an assemblage artist who worked in Los Angeles, California. Bereal's work challenges anti-Black racism. He was a founding member of Bodacious Buggerilla and his work was included in the War Babies and Pacific Standard Time exhibitions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((25 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 8 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 July 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bereal20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
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content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Ed Bereal conducted 2020 July 8, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Bereal's home in Bellingham, Washington.­
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds and oral history interview with Ed Bereal conducted 2016 February 13 by Hunter Drohojowska-Philip.