Oral history interview with Fred Tomaselli
name: label: Interviewee
content: Tomaselli, Fred, 1956-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Multimedia artists -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Tomaselli, Fred, 1956-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fred Tomaselli (1956- ) is an artist known for his elaborate collage paintings that incorporate found and natural objects with layers of resin to explore the range of human consciousness, especially as transformed by psychoactive experiences. He spent his early life before moving to Brooklyn in the 1980s, where he still lives.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ben Gillespie (1988- ) is the oral historian at the Archives of American Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 26 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 57 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0353
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 December 6-8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tomase23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 with Fred Tomaselli conducted 2023 December 6-8, by Benjamin Gillespie for the Archives of American Art, at Tomaselli's studio in New York, NY.­