Oral history interview with D. J. Hall
odd: label: General
content: Sound quality of Tape 2 is poor due to mechanical problems with the tape recorder. 15 minutes of tape is static.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hall, D. J. (Debra Jane), 1951-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Artists' models
label: Topic
content: Figurative art
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
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.
label: Provenance
content: Funding for this interview provided by Bente and Gerald E. Buck Collection.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Hall, D. J. (Debra Jane), 1951-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: D.J. Hall (1951- ) is a painter from Los Angeles, Calif. Hall is a figurative artist who depicts the world of contemporary women in her realist paintings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (105 min.), analog)
label: Extent
content: 42 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2000 June 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hall00
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
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of D. J. Hall conducted 2000 June 29, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Hall's home/studio, Venice, Calif.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The focus of the interview is the topic of artists and models. Hall discusses her work as based on photographs; her interests in the body, sunshine, and light; her color-field dominated period as a student at the University of Southern California and how she had to "sneak" the figure into her work; her difficult childhood and dysfunctional family situation and her art as a response; her imagery as the "bright side" of Eric Fischl; woman as subject, and object, in her paintings, and the reasons for her exclusive focus on females; the nude and figure drawing; the differences between male and female models and the fact that both men and women are drawn to the female figure; reversal of the "male gaze;" her preference for women over men as subjects whether clothed or nude; power and control in the artist/model relationship; and choosing subjects with which she can personally identify.