Interview with Barbara Zucker
name: label: Interviewee
content: Zucker, Barbara M., 1940-
label: Interviewer
content: Schlegel, Amy
label: Names
content: A.I.R. Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1998 by Barbara Zucker and Amy Schlegel.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Zucker, Barbara M., 1940-
label: Interviewer
content: Schlegel, Amy
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Barbara Zucker (1940- ) is a sculptor from New York, New York. She co-founded the A.I.R. Gallery in 1972.
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content: 43 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1995 June 22-November 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zuckbarb
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A transcript of an interview with Barbara Zucker conducted between 1995 June 22 and 1995 Nov. 6, by art historian Amy Schlegel. The first part of the interview was conducted in New York City and the second part in Burlington, Vermont. Zucker discusses her work in the context of feminism. She explains her choice of materials and the development of her sculpture; her early job as a receptionist for the Andre Emmerich Gallery, her involvement in and reasons for leaving A.I.R. Gallery - an independent gallery for women artists in New York; and her thoughts about the feminist movement. She discusses the work of Eva Hesse, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra and Marcel Duchamp.