Oral history interview with Bruce Nauman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 32 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Nauman, Bruce, 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: De Angelus, Michele D.
label: Names
content: Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992
label: Names
content: French, Stephen
label: Names
content: Lobdell, Frank, 1921-
label: Names
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
label: Names
content: Taylor, Wayne
label: Names
content: Thiebaud, Wayne
label: Names
content: Wiley, William T., 1937-2021
label: Names
content: Zingale, Santos, 1908-
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New Mexico -- Pecos -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Nauman, Bruce, 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: De Angelus, Michele D.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bruce Nauman (1940- ) is sculptor of Pecos, N.M.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 60 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 May 27-30
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.nauman80
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on-line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Bruce Nauman conducted 1980 May 27-30, by Michele D. De Angelus, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Nauman discusses his family, childhood interests, education and training as an artist, influences, his early work, teaching, filmmaking, video work, performances, exhibitions, dealers, his relationship with the art world, his current world, and his personal life. He recalls Santos Zingale, Stephen French, Wayne Taylor, Wayne Thiebaud, Bob Arneson, Bill Wiley, Man Ray, Frank Lobdell, and many others.