Oral history interview with Gyöngy Laky
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 8 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Laky, Gyöngy, 1944-
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Branford, Joanne Segal, 1933-1994
label: Names
content: Christiansen, Brett
label: Names
content: Dobras, Darryl
label: Names
content: Dumas, Mary
label: Names
content: Elliott, Lilian, 1930-1994
label: Names
content: Foosaner, Judith, 1940-
label: Names
content: Gablik, Suzi
label: Names
content: Hamilton, Ann, 1956-
label: Names
content: Lahner, Émile, 1893-1980
label: Names
content: Larsen, Jack Lenor
label: Names
content: Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
label: Names
content: Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988
label: Names
content: Ocampo, Kim
label: Names
content: Puryear, Martin, 1941-
label: Names
content: Rossbach, Ed
label: Names
content: Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004
label: Names
content: Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002
topic: label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Computer Art
label: Topic
content: Painting -- China
label: Topic
content: Art and computers
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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Laky, Gyöngy, 1944-
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gyöngy Laky (1944- ) is a sculptor from San Francisco, California. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Items (Sound recordings: 11 sound files (4 hr., 8 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 66 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2007 December 11-12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.laky07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Gyöngy Laky conducted 2007 December 11-12, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Laky's home and studio, in San Francisco, California.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Laky speaks of her recent exhibitions; leaving Hungary as a child; using words in art; learning languages; family influences in her art; the family art gallery and Chinese painting; changing majors in college; working with various materials; using recycled materials in her work; retirement; planning her works; working with assistants; working with a small community in Europe; construction of her works; using computers to create art; the craft "renaissance"; scale and outdoor projects; working with dealers and commissioned pieces; emphasis on negative space. Laky also recalls Emile Lahner, Mary Dumas, Ed Rossbach, Judy Foosaner, Peter Voulkos, Joanne Branford, Lillian Elliott, Henry Miller, Louise Nevelson, Darryl Dobras, Brett Christiansen, Kim Ocampo, Jack Lenor Larsen, Martin Puryear, Ann Hamilton, Suzi Gablik, Susan Sontag, and others.