Oral history interview with Luis Jimenez
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jimenez, Luis, 1940-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Bermingham, Peter
label: Names
content: University of Texas -- Students
label: Names
content: Lipton, Seymour, 1903-1986
label: Names
content: Ossorio, Alfonso, 1916-1990
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Pop art
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New Mexico -- Hondo -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Jimenez, Luis, 1940-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Bermingham, Peter
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Luis Jimenez (1940-2006) was an American sculptor of Mexican descent from Hondo, N.M. Born in El Paso, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 124 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985 Dec. 15-17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jimene85
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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 Luis Jimenez conducted 1985 Dec. 15-17, by Peter Bermingham, in Tuscon, Ariz., for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Jimenez speaks of his family and ancestral background; his father's artistic ability and work as a neon sign maker; starting out in the architecture program at the University of Texas, and later changing to the art program; moving to New York City, and getting his sculpture career started there; meeting and working with Seymour Lipton; selling his work and getting established in galleries; the inspirations for and the development of some of his pieces; the influence of pop art; returning to the Southwest; the importance and influence of his Mexican ancestry; personal images and reflections in his work. He recalls Alfonso Ossorio.