Item Information
Title: Interviews with Howardena Pindell
Date: 1980 January 18 through February 13
Physical Details: 5 sound cassettes ; 4 hr., 9 min., 51 sec.
Description: Recording stops and starts, has background noise and sound level is low. Portions of discussion are difficult of impossible to understand. Tape 03, Side 02 recording ends 00:04:31. Tape 01, Side 01 recording 00:00:00-00:12:27 is recording of a phone interview with only Wilson's voice audible. Recording 00:12:28-00:25:02 is Wilson's interview with Pindell. Tape 05, Side 02 is blank. Judith Wilson interviews Howardena Pindell. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Pindell's family, childhood, life, education, career as an artist, Pindell's artwork, its influences, inspirations and subject matter and her techniques and materials, racism, sexism, African American artists' position and treatment in the art world, A.I.R. Gallery, and political activism. See Internal Note for order of recordings. See also items 24877 and 24879 for interviews with Howardena Pindell.
Creator: Pindell, Howardena, 1943-
Forms part of: Judith Wilson papers, 1966-2010
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Howardena Pindell and Judith Wilson. Interviews with Howardena Pindell, 1980 January 18 through February 13. Judith Wilson papers, 1966-2010. 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: 24874