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Oral history interview with Fred Tomaselli, 2023 December 6-8

Tomaselli, Fred, 1956-

Mixed-media artist

Overview

Collection Information

Size: 26 sound files (5 hrs., 57 min.), digital, wav

Summary: An interview with Fred Tomaselli conducted 2023 December 6-8, by Benjamin Gillespie for the Archives of American Art, at Tomaselli's studio in New York, NY.­

Biographical/Historical Note

Fred Tomaselli (1956- ) is an artist known for his elaborate collage paintings that incorporate found and natural objects with layers of resin to explore the range of human consciousness, especially as transformed by psychoactive experiences. He spent his early life before moving to Brooklyn in the 1980s, where he still lives.

Ben Gillespie (1988- ) is the oral historian at the Archives of American Art.

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 .

How to Use This Collection

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Fred Tomaselli, 2023 December 6-8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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