Oral history interview with Joni Gordon
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gordon, Joni, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
label: Names
content: Asher, Betty
topic: label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- California
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 was provided by Joni Gordon.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Gordon, Joni, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joni Gordon (1936- ) is the owner and director of Newspace art gallery and an art collector from Los Angeles, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (120 min.), analog)
label: Extent
content: 61 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2002 July 8-Sept 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gordon02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Joni Gordon conducted 2002 July 8-Sept. 23, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Gordon's home, Los Angeles, Calif.
label: Scope and Contents
content: She discusses her personal and educational background; the origins and purposes of Newspace Gallery; her experiences with the Ferus Gallery, Esther Robles Gallery, Frank Perls Gallery, and Felix Landau Gallery. Gordon also discusses her friendship with Betty Asher and Betty Parsons, who became her mentor in the gallery business. She relates that her interest in the promotion of local comtemporary artists led her along with her husband, Monte, and Robert Smith to organize the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA).