Overview
Collection Information
Size: 9 Items, Sound recording, master: 9 memory cards (8 hr., 17 min.), secure digital, 1.25 in.; 142 Pages, Transcript
Summary: An interview with Lorraine O'Grady conducted 2010 Apr. 12-15, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, at O'Grady's home and studio in New York, N.Y.
Biographical/Historical Note
Lorraine O'Grady (1934-2024) was a conceptual artist whose use of text, photographs, film, and installation examined the foundations of human connection. She also wrote about Black women's experiences in the arts, both as depicted subjects and emboldened makers, and she spent most of her career in New York, NY.
Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y.
Provenance
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.
Language Note
English .
Funding
Funding for this interview was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
