Item Information
Title: Interview with Vanessa Beecroft and Interview with an unnamed male gallery owner
Date: 2000 March 14-2001 February 7
Physical Details: 6 sound cassettes ; 8 hr., 31 min., 54 sec.
Description: Recordings stop and start. Tapes 01-02, 04 consistent hum in recordings. Tape 02, Side 01 and Side 02 loud squeaking in beginning of tape. Tape 05, Side 01 content primarily in left channel; recording ends at 00:19:57. Tape 05, Side 02 is blank. Tape 06, Side 01 first thirty minutes content primarily in left channel; recording made of phone calls. Low levels final fifteen minutes of tape, recording made at a restaurant. Tape 06, Side 02 low levels; tape hiss throughout recording, discussion difficult to follow. Tape 01, Side 01 discussion with an unnamed man 00:00:00-00:01:57, different from unnamed man on Tape 03 and Tape 06. Discussion topics with Vanessa Beecroft are wide-ranging and include her life, work process, numbering system for projects and work, projects SHOW, VB39 US NAVY SEALS and VB42/Intrepid: The Silent Service, working with Helmut Newton, Newton's work Sie Kommen, giving lectures and speaking publicly, concepts of nudity, embarrassment, beauty, and people Jeffrey Deitch, Todd Eberle, Armin Linke, Richard Pandiscio, Maurizio Cattelan, Marcel Duchamp. Recordings on Tape 03, Side 01, Tape 06, Side 01 starting at 00:32:36, and Tape 06, Side 02 are discussions with an unnamed male gallery owner. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include a food event at a gallery in New York City organized by Martha Steward Living, contemporary art world, running a gallery and relationships between artists and gallery owners.
Creator: Beecroft, Vanessa
Forms part of: Dodie Kazanjian papers, 1949-2017, bulk 1980-2017
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Vanessa Beecroft and Dodie Kazanjian. Interview with Vanessa Beecroft and Interview with an unnamed male gallery owner, 2000 March 14-2001 February 7. Dodie Kazanjian papers, 1949-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 23809