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Steven Fama collection on Bruce Conner, circa 1960-2003.
BANC MSS 2008/236BANC MSS 2008/236LOCAL
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Title:
Steven Fama collection on Bruce Conner, circa 1960-2003Creator/Contributor:
Fama, Steven., creator, colCreator/Contributor:
Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008Abstract:
The Steven Fama Collection on Bruce Conner consists of three main subjects: interviews with Bruce Conner, transcripts of lectures
given by Bruce Conner, and materials related to Conner's exhibition, "2000 BC, The Bruce Conner Story Part II." The collection
also includes gallery exhibition announcements, several reproductions of Conner's artworks, and correspondence. Also included
is a March 21, 1960 issue of TIME Magazine which features a lead article on Caryl Chessman who was the inspiration for Conner's
controversial sculpture, "THE CHILD."
Date:
1960 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Beats (Persons) -- Interviews
Artists, American -- 20th century -- Interviews
Beatniks -- Entretiens
Beats (Persons)
Conner, Bruce -- 1933-2008 -- Interviews
Conner, Bruce -- 1933-2008 -- Exhibitions
Conner, Bruce -- 1933-2008 -- Archives
Conner, Bruce -- 1933-2008
Note:
Gift; Of Steven Fama; in 2007.
Related collection: Bruce Conner papers (BANC MSS 2000/50 c).
Born in McPherson, Kansas, in 1933, Bruce Conner studied art at Wichita University and University of Nebraska, where he received
a B.F.A. in 1956. He continued his studies at the Brooklyn Art School and the University of Colorado. In 1957, attracted by
stories of a vibrant art and literary scene, he and his wife, Jean, moved to San Francisco. Conner subsequently became a key
figure in the burgeoning Beat community, along with visual artists Jay DeFeo, Joan Brown, and Jess, and poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
Michael McClure, and Philip Lamantia. After sojourns in Mexico City and Brookline, Massachusetts, Conner resettled in San
Francisco, where he continues to work today. Conner first attracted public attention in the 1950s with his nylon-shrouded
assemblages and short movies that often incorporated found footage. Both the assemblages and films established him as one
of the most important figures in postwar art. Throughout his career, Conner has mastered a variety of different media in the
pursuit of his visionary images and ideas.
Steven Fama, a friend of Bruce Conner and fellow San Francisco resident, was gifted this collection of materials by the artist
on March 10, 2003.
Preferred citation: Steven Fama collection on Bruce Conner, BANC MSS 2008/236, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Archives.Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Interviews.
Letters.
Physical Description:
print
1 carton, 1 v. (1.35 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2008/236
BANC MSS 2008/236LOCAL