Performances and Artwork
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Kushner, Robert, 1949-
- See more items in
- Robert Kushner papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the preservation of the video and sound recordings and motion picture film digitization was provided by Bridget Moore.
- Extent
- 3.7 Linear feet (Boxes 1-4, FC 6-7)
- Date
- 1967-1988
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.kushrobe, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Robert Kushner papers, 1967-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Paper documentation related to the content of the video and film in this series is found in Series 2. Arrangement of this series is chronological within three subseries: Series 1.1: Performances and Artworks Series 1.2: Recorded Music Used in Performances Series 1.2: Publicity
- Existence and Location of Copies
- All of the video, film and sound recordings have been digitized for research access.
- Scope and Contents
- This series includes video recordings, sound recordings, and motion picture films documenting works by Robert Kushner created between circa 1967 and 1982. Most of the video footage documents live performances of Kushner's pageants and fashion shows that took place between 1972 and 1981 at The Kitchen, 98 Greene Street Loft, Holly Solomon Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, Minnesota College of Art and Design, and the Mandeville Gallery at the University of California, San Diego. Works entitled "Robert Kushner and Friends Eat Their Clothes" (1972-1973), "Winter and Spring Lines" (1973-1974), and "Persian Line" (1974-1976) have multiple performances with video documentation in the series. In addition to performances, the series includes four moving image artworks: a short animated film called "Repetition of a Theme," a live action film called "Greeting" featuring Kushner with Ellen Saltonstall, and short videos entitled "New York Hat Line," directed by David Weinrib, and "Sentimental Fables (I)." A second iteration of Sentimental Fables was performed with live music before an audience in 1981 at the Museum of Modern Art. Also found are 6 sound recordings of music used in performances including "Persian Line," "One Size Fits All," and "Layers." One reel is labeled "Traveling" and also contains recorded music. A 1973 television broadcast program called "You wear what you eat" for the series AM New York features Kushner demonstrating his wearable artworks and being interviewed. Also found is a compilation video for the Kitchen's 1974-1975 season that includes a clip from Kushner's "Persian Line."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1553789492967-1553789492972-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
