Oral history interview with Richard Lou
name: label: Interviewee
content: Lou, Richard, 1959-
label: Interviewer
content: Augusta, Laura, 1981-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Multimedia artists
label: Occupation
content: Installation artists
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Tennessee
label: Topic
content: Chicano artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
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: Lou, Richard, 1959-
label: Interviewer
content: Augusta, Laura, 1981-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Richard Lou (1959-) is a multimedia and installation Chicano artist whose work examines the legacies of colonialism. He is a professor at the University of Memphis.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Laura Augusta (1981-) is a curator and art historian based in El Paso, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (audiovisual files (11 hrs., 59 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software).
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 December 28-2024 March 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lou23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Richard Lou conducted 2023 December 28-2024 March 19, by Laura Augusta for the Archives of American Art, at Lou's office in Memphis, TN.­