Oral history interview with Terry Allen
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 54 minutes.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Allen, Terry, 1943-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art and music
label: Topic
content: Artists -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Interviews
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. Funding for the transcription of this interview provided by Pasadena Art Alliance.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Allen, Terry, 1943-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Terry Allen (1943- ) is a conceptual artist and musician from Santa Fe, New Mexico and Lubbock, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 64 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1998 April 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.allen98
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Terry Allen conducted by Paul Karlstrom, 1998 April 22, in Allen's home/studio, Sante Fe, New Mexico, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Allen discusses his experiences at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, as opening up possibilities first glimpsed in high school in Lubbock, Texas; cultural influences on him, such as rock 'n roll, Elvis, Chuck Berry, David Byrne's "Buck Naked," and the importance of cars; the influence of John Cage on his "Juarez" and the role of his wife, Jo Harvey Allen's experiences to "Juarez" and "Ring;" and his views on the meaning of art and his work.