Oral history interview with José Bedia
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 15 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bedia, José, 1959-
label: Interviewer
content: Martínez, Juan A.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Cuba
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Florida -- Miami
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: Bedia, José, 1959-
label: Interviewer
content: Martínez, Juan A.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: José Bedia (1959-) is a Cuban born painter from Miami, Florida.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 159 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1998 February 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bedia98
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Cuban born painter José Bedia conducted 1998 February 13, by Juan A. Martínez, in Bedia's studio/home, Miami, Florida, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bedia discusses his early inclination toward drawing and interest in cartooning; receiving rigorous academic training at San Alejandro Art Academy in Havana and being introduced also to non-western art; attending graduate school at the Instituto Superior del Arte, 1976-1981; participating upon graduation in the Volumen I exhibition which was a turning point for Cuban artists; travel outside of Cuba to Budapest via Berlin, to New York, to an Indian reservation in the Southwest where he became acquainted with North American native art and artists, and to Angola with the Cuban military, where he came into contact with African roots of Cuban culture; moving to Mexico City and then to Miami; his art and inspirations; religion; his collection of African and American Indian art; and exhibitions in which he has participated.