Oral history interview with Susan Rothenberg
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Rothenberg, Susan, 1945-2020
label: Interviewer
content: Nadelman, Cynthia
label: Names
content: Graves, Nancy Stevenson, 1940-1995
label: Names
content: Johnson, Miani Guthrie, 1948-
label: Names
content: Jonas, Joan, 1936-
label: Names
content: Saret, Alan, 1944-
label: Names
content: Trakas, George, 1944-
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Rothenberg, Susan, 1945-2020
label: Interviewer
content: Nadelman, Cynthia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Susan Rothenberg (1945-2020) was a figurative painter and sculptor in New York City and Galisteo, New Mexico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 147 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 May 22-June 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rothen87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Susan Rothenberg conducted 1987 May 22-1987 June 2, by Cynthia Nadelman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Rothenberg speaks of her early life; her art training, early travels in Europe; starting out as a sculpture student in college; her arrival in New York, performance art; the art scene there in the 1960s and the 1970s; experimental painting techniques; the development of her "Horses" and "Mondrian" series. She discusses various exhibitions and working with galleries, including 112 Greene Street and Willard Gallery. She recalls her ex-husband George Trakas, Joan Jonas, Alan Saret, George Trakas, Nancy Graves, Richard Serra, Lucas Samaras, Mary Heilmann, Neil Jenney, and Miani Johnson, among others.