Albuquerque, Lita, b. 1946

Painter
Calif. (Show Bio)

Oral history interview with Lita Albuquerque, 1990 July 9 and 19

Sound recording: 5 cassettes (270 min.) : analog.
Transcript: 156 p.

An interview of Lita Albuquerque conducted by Bonnie Clearwater for the Archives of American Art. Albuquerque tells of her Sephardic, Turkish and Spanish heritage; growing up in Carthage, Tunisia; arrival in the U.S. in 1957; art history studies at UCLA in the 1960s; early influence on her work of James Turrell, Eric Orr, Guy Dill, Larry Bell, and the Los Angeles Woman's Building; later influence of Zen meditation; travel in India; use of figures and abstract symbols in public commissions; second marriage to Carey Peck; teaching at the Art Center College of Design.

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.

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