Oral history interview with Barbara Turner Smith, 2009.

Biographical Note

Artist.

Scope and Contents

Born 1931 in Pasadena, California; influence of middle class upbringing during Great Depression; father and grandfather's careers as morticians; undergraduate education at Pomona College; influence of father's death on later artwork; Army life with husband and three children; body imprints using early Xerox machine; employment at Pasadena Museum; discussion of divorce and custody issues; collaboration with Caltech scientists and other technology enthusiasts; graduate education at University of California, Irvine; discussion of art works: Field Piece 1968-1972, Ritual Meal 1969, Celebration of the Holy Squash 1971, Feed Me 1973, Birthdaze 1981, The 21st Century Odyssey 1993; early advocate of performance artists such as Allan Kaprow.

Subjects

• Feminism and art.
• Glueck, Grace H., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Smith, Barbara Turner, 1931---Interviews.
• Women artists--Interviews.

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