Oral history interview with Brice Marden
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 47 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Marden, Brice, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Boston University -- Students
label: Names
content: Andre, Carl, 1935-
label: Names
content: Chaet, Bernard
label: Names
content: Geldzahler, Henry
label: Names
content: Katz, Alex, 1927-
label: Names
content: Kay, Reed
label: Names
content: Kertess, Klaus
label: Names
content: Pollack, Reginald
label: Names
content: Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008
label: Names
content: Schueler, Jon, 1916-
label: Names
content: Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Pop art
label: Topic
content: Postmodernism
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
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: Marden, Brice, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Brice Marden (1938) is a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 90 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 Oct. 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.marden72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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: Interview of Brice Marden conducted 1972 Oct. 3, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Marden speaks of his early family life and schools in Briarcliff, N.Y.; the development of his interest in art; his art and theater activities at Florida State Southern College; Boston University and the Boston art scene in the 1950s.
label: Scope and Contents
content: He comments on the impact of a summer in California on his painting style, living in Paris and New York, and changes in his work, including rectangles, one-color panels, paintings over silk-screen proofs, oil and wax. Marden also speaks of his first one-man exhibition, working as Robert Rauschenberg's assistant, his exhibit in Paris, teaching at the School of Visual Arts, his drawings, lithographs and grid drawings, his use of color, paintings as statements and influences on his work. He recalls Henry Geldzahler, Reed Kay, Bernard Chaet, Jon Schueler, Reginald Pollack, Alex Katz, Esteban Vicente, Carl Andre and Klaus Kertess.