Hassel Smith : an interview [videorecording]/ University of California, Berkeley Office of Educational Television and Radio ; co-producer, Paul Karlstrom
odd: label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, Office of Educational Television and Radio, 1986 Jan. 15.
name: label: Creator
content: University of California, Berkeley.. Office of Educational Television and Radio
label: Names
content: ETVR (Television station)
label: Names
content: University of California, Berkeley.. Office of Educational Television and Radio
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007
title: label: Topic
content: Open window;
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- England -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by University of California, Berkeley, Office of Educational Television and Radio.
creator: label: Creator
content: University of California, Berkeley.. Office of Educational Television and Radio
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassettes (U-matic) ((30 min.), sd; col., 3/4 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986 Jan. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.univcalb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (u-matic)
label: Type
content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a duplicate.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original in the University of California, Berkeley.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A video taped interview of artist Hassel Smith, conducted by Paul Karlstrom, Archives of Art, West Coast Regional Center, and produced in collaboration by Karlstrom and the Office of Educational Television and Radio, University of California at studios of ETVR as program #43 of their "Open Window" series.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Smith dicusses his emmigration to England and his continued close ties to the San Francisco Bay Area art community; his experiences as a teacher of art in the British educational system compared to those in the U.S.; how teaching has affected his art; the development of his art as a so-called Abstract Expressionist to his current "color-shape" paintings; the terms "geometric" and "abstract" and their application to his own work; and the significance of gameboard and gamecourt, and the grid in his most recent work. Examples of Smith's paintings are shown throughout the interview.