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Matt Mullican papers

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Creator
Mullican, Matt, 1951-
Names
König, Kasper
Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998
Weiner, Lawrence
Occupation
Conceptual artists -- Germany -- Berlin -- Interviews
Conceptual artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
Topic
Artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
Multimedia (Art)
Provenance
Donated to the Archives of American Art in 2014-2017 by Matt Mullican.
Creator
Mullican, Matt, 1951-
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Matt Mullican papers
Summary
The papers of New York City and Berlin, Germany based multi-media and conceptual artist Matt Mullican measure 27.8 linear feet and date from circa 1968-2017. The collection consists of biographical material, including a few interview transcripts; correspondence; over 100 notebooks; gallery and exhibition files; project and commission files; personal business records; printed material; and photographs. The notebooks document nearly five decades of Mullican's work process and illustrate his material and conceptual explorations. Large sequences of gallery and exhibition files, as well as project and commission files comprise the remaining bulk of the collection, providing detailed documentation of his professional career, particularly from the 1980s-2000s.
Biographical / Historical
Matt Mullican (1951- ) is a multi-media and conceptual artist working in New York City and Berlin, Germany. Born in Santa Monica, he is the son of abstract surrealist painters Lee Mullican and Luchita Hurtado Mullican. Educated at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in the early 1970s, and mentored by John Baldessari, Mullican moved to New York City after earning his BFA and became associated with the "Pictures Generation" artists, including friends Troy Brauntuch, Jack Goldstein, James Welling, and Robert Longo. His multi-disciplinary practice encompasses drawing, painting, collage, video, installation, and performance under hypnosis as his alter ego, 'That Person.' Through these media, Mullican explores systems of knowledge, the construction of reality, as well as meaning, language, and signs. Throughout his career, Mullican has participated in international solo and group exhibitions, and has undertaken dozens of public and corporate commissions.
Extent
27.8 Linear feet
Date
circa 1968-2017
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.mullmatt
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Notebooks
Diaries
Writings
Citation
Matt Mullican papers, circa 1968-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as eight series. Series 1: Biographical Material, 1968-2002 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, 1986-2000s (0.2 linear feet; Box 1) Series 3: Notebooks, circa 1968-2017 (7.2 linear feet; Box 1-8) Series 4: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1985-2000s (6.1 linear feet; Box 9-13, OV and RD 23-25) Series 5: Project and Commission Files, 1980-2000s (10.3 linear feet; Box 14-19, OV and RD 26-43) Series 6: Personal Business Records, 1978-2000s (1.7 linear feet; Box 19-21) Series 7: Printed Material, 1971-2000s (1.5 linear foot; Box 21-22, RD 44) Series 8: Photographs, 1980s-1990s (1 folder; Box 22)
Processing Information
The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2017.
Rights
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Existence and Location of Copies
The notebooks series was digitized in 2017-2018 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
Genre/Form
Interviews
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Notebooks
Diaries
Writings
Scope and Contents
The papers of New York City and Berlin, Germany based multi-media and conceptual artist Matt Mullican measure 27.8 linear feet and date from circa 1968-2017. The collection consists of biographical material, including a few interview transcripts; correspondence; over 100 notebooks; gallery and exhibition files; project and commission files; personal business records; printed material; and photographs. The notebooks document nearly five decades of Mullican's work process and illustrate his material and conceptual explorations. Large sequences of gallery and exhibition files, as well as project and commission files comprise the remaining bulk of the collection, providing detailed documentation of his professional career, particularly from the 1980s-2000s. Biographical material includes address books, high school and college ephemera, papers and photographs relating to Mullican's family, identification cards, interview transcripts, a resume, and a few writings. The small amount of correspondence arranged in Series 2 is with friends, artists, colleagues, fans, and museum professionals. Notable correspondents include artist Lawrence Weiner and museum director Kasper König. Additional professional correspondence is located in the Gallery and Exhibition Files, as well as the Project and Commission Files. Over 100 notebooks document nearly five decades of Mullican's work process and artistic explorations from the time he was a student up to the present. A large sequence of gallery and exhibition files encompass a variety of material documenting Mullican's extensive solo and group exhibition history throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Extensive project and commission files contain documentation of international public and corporate commissions, academic engagements, performances, publishing projects, print editions, illustrations, grants, residencies, and other project based artwork. Public and corporate commissions include artworks and installations for banks, airports, office complexes, university buildings, public transit stations, and other spaces. Personal business records relate to bookkeeping and sales, donations, inventories, publication, copyright, supplies, invoicing, recommendations, residences, storage of works, and studio administration. Printed material includes announcements, posters, articles, reviews, exhibition catalogs, and periodicals related to Mullican's career. One folder of photographs documents Mullican, his family, and installations of his work at various venues and exhibitions.
Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of born-digital records requires advance notice.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1562712661500-1562712661521-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b03f0ef5-d634-41f3-a571-cf1f9ac4ff5c

In the Collection

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  • Kunsthaus Bregenz, Künstlerlnnen (1997)

  • Western Gallery, Western Washington University

  • Achenbach Art Consulting

  • Announcements and Posters

  • Oversized Assorted Project and Commission Files from Box 18, Folders 6-16

  • de Appel Arts Center, Amsterdam

  • Frankfurt Book Fair

  • Source Material

  • Los Angeles Convention Center

  • Deichtorhallen Hamburg

  • Galerie Brigitte Trotha

  • Whitney Museum

  • Paris Opera House

  • Assorted Group Exhibitions

  • Der Standard Newspaper

  • Billboard Project, Kunstborden

  • Periodicals

  • Musée Sarret de Gronzon, Excess in the Techno-Mediacratic Society (1992)

  • Schiedam, the Netherlands

  • Print Portfolio Project, "Posters for the Years to Come"

  • Photographs

  • The First Tyneside International Festival, A New Necessity (1990)

  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

  • 32 East 12th Street, New York City

  • General Mills Art Collection

  • Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art

  • Mai 36 Galerie

  • Hofgarten am Gendarmenmarkt

  • Oversized Los Angeles Convention Center from Box 15, Folders 24-25

  • Assorted Gallery and Exhibition Files

  • Receipts and Invoices

  • Las, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

  • Address Books

  • Krefelder Kunstmuseen

  • Performance, Wiener Kunstverein

  • Oversized International Court of the Sea from Box 15, Folder 19

  • Bertlesmann Project

  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art

  • Kanaal Art Foundation

  • Viart Corporation

  • World Financial Center, New Urban Landscape (1988)

  • Writings

  • Galerie Tanja Gunert

  • New York Film Project

  • Hypo Bank, Gera

  • High School Physiology Notebook (disbound)

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York

  • Musée Urbain Mural

  • Fabric Workshop Residency

  • Addresses

  • Edition Shellman, Sequences (1998)

  • Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences

  • Assorted Project and Commission Files

  • Oversized Le Magasin from Box 11, Folders 14-15

  • Kunst Container

  • Franklin Furnace

  • Denver Art Museum, Landscape as Metaphor (1994), Traveling Exhibition

  • Art for the World, Playground and Toys

  • Skulptur Projekte Münster

  • Bookkeeping and Sales

  • Sonsbeek, Arnhem

  • Oversized Flushing Meadows from Box 15, Folders 4-7

  • Kunst Rai '89, 32 Portraits, Photography in Art (1989)

  • Project and Commission Files

  • Printed Material

  • Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, More Details from an Imaginary Universe (2000), Traveling Exhibition

  • Le Magasin, Grenoble

  • König, Kasper

  • Assorted Project and Commission Files

  • Tate Liverpool, Artranspennine98 (1998)

  • Kotobuki Corporation

  • Michael Klein

  • Matt Mullican Interview by Michael Tarantino

  • Kunsthalle Vienna, Binaera (1993)

  • Oversized Newark Airport from Box 16, Folder 19

  • Oregon Art Institute

  • Texas Gallery

  • Oversized Los Angeles Convention Center from Box 15, Folders 24-25

  • Frac Reims Project

  • Johnson Gallery, University of New Mexico

  • Publication and Copyrights

  • Mai 36 Galerie, Digital Image and Two Animations, Death and Shadow

  • Oversized Antwerp Open from Box 9, Folder 2

  • Graz Airport, Austria

  • Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM)

  • Roomade, "Under Hypnosis" Edition

  • Letters regarding Ian H. Findlay

  • Central Fine Arts, Modular Composite (1998)

  • Cincinnati Millennium Tower

  • Exhibition Catalogs

  • Berlin, New York

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