Oral history interview with Karen Carson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 8 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Carson, Karen, 1943-
label: Interviewer
content: Ayres, Anne, 1936-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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: Creator
content: Carson, Karen, 1943-
label: Interviewer
content: Ayres, Anne, 1936-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Karen Carson (1943- ) is a painter from Venice, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2003 December 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carson03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Karen Carson conducted 2003 December 4, by Anne Ayres, for the Archives of American Art, in Carson's studio in Venice, California.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Carson discusses her most recent works on paper and fabric; her early "Zipper" pieces; her early 1970s "Bed" series; her background and her parents' support of her art interests; the influence of Norwegian decorative folk art on her work; feminism and feminist art and her exclusion from various large feminist exhibitions of the 1990s; living in New York contrasting with Los Angeles; the evolution of her painting style from the "Tondos" to the more recent use of vinyl banners and light boxes; her teaching philosophy; the difference between regionalism and provincialism; her friendship with writer Dave Hickey; and other topics.