Oral history interview with Bruce Conner
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 7 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)
label: Names
content: Brooklyn Museum -- Students
label: Names
content: University of Nebraska -- Students
topic: label: Topic
content: Dadaism
label: Topic
content: Filmmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bruce Conner (1933-2008) was a painter and filmmaker from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 35 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 April 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.conner73
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Bruce Conner conducted 1973 April 16, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Conner speaks of his family background and youth in Kansas; his early interest in art; his education at the University of Nebraska; an early Dada show he participated in; attending the Brooklyn Museum Art School; getting his work in the Charles Alan Gallery; his collages; the influence of music; his interests in magic and the occult; his involvement in filmmaking; and films he has made.