Oral history interview with Joel Shapiro
odd: label: General
content: A portion of this interview was not transcribed.
label: General
content: Audio quality in the last portion of this interview is very poor.
label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 13 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Shapiro, Joel
label: Interviewer
content: Kachur, Lewis
label: Names
content: New York University -- Students
label: Names
content: Paula Cooper Gallery
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Shapiro, Joel
label: Interviewer
content: Kachur, Lewis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joel Shapiro (1941-2025) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 96 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 July 15-December 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shapir88
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 with Joel Shapiro conducted 1988 July 15-December 14, by Lewis Kachur, at the artist's home/studio in Westport, N.Y., for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Shapiro recalls his childhood in Queens, early plans for medical school, and a Peace Corps stint in India. He describes the New York art scene in the 1960s, including his own study at New York University. Shapiro relates the development of his work and showing at the Paula Cooper Gallery.