Oral history interview with Rubén Ortiz Torres
name: label: Creator
content: Ortiz Torres, Rubén
label: Interviewer
content: Franco, Josh T. (1985-)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Video artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Mexican American artists
label: Topic
content: Lowriders
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: Creator
content: Ortiz Torres, Rubén
label: Interviewer
content: Franco, Josh T. (1985-)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Rubén Ortiz Torres (1964- ) is a photographer, painter, and installation and video artist in Los Angeles, California. His work incorporates motifs and aesthetics from punk, Chicano, and lowrider cultures, as well as the legacies of minimalism. Born in Mexico, he has taught at UCSD since 2001.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Josh T Franco (1985- ) is the head of collecting at the Archives of American Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 28 Items (sound files (6 hrs., 41 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 1910019
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 August 22 and 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ortiz24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 with Rubén Ortiz Torres conducted 2024 August 22 and 23, by Josh T. Franco for the Archives of American Art, at Ortiz Torres's studio in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.­