Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Antonio Homem

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.homem16
Creators:
Homem, Antonio
McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-
Dates:
2016 March 14-23
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
4 Items
Sound recording: 4 sound files (4 hr.,10 min.)
digital, wav
80 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Antonio Homem, conducted 2016 March 14 and 23, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art at the Sonnabend Gallery in New York, New York.
Scope and Contents
Homem speaks of his early memories of art and his childhood in Portugal; going to museums in Paris and Spain; studying engineering at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland; working in a gallery in Zurich; reading Proust; discussion of reading, understanding, and misunderstanding art and literature; meeting Ileana and Michael Sonnabend in 1965; subsequently working at the Sonnabend gallery from 1968; job responsibilities; opening galleries in New York in 1970 and 1971; Showing new artists, like Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci, John Baldessari; Willoughby Sharpe, Shunk and Kender and the Pier 18 Project; the differences between collectors and gallery visitors of New York and Paris; the influence of the creation of the Centre Pompidou; his thoughts on the evolution of artistic taste; Duchamp; Pop art; Arte Povera; and evolution of art market from the 1970s to the present. Homem also recalls Ileana Sonnabend in detail, Robert Rauschenburg, Andy Warhol, Jean-Luc Godard, Michel Guy, Marcel and Giselle Boulois, Dr. Peter Ludwig, Count Panza, and others.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Antonio Homem is the director and owner of the Sonnabend Gallery in New York, New York. James McElhinney (1952- ) is a painter and educator of New York, New York.

Administration

Sponsor
Funding for this interview was provided by the Lichtenberg Family Foundation.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Digital Content


Keywords

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Conceptual art Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pop art Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Paris (France) -- description and travel Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Spain -- description and travel Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zurich (Switzerland) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Acconci, Vito, 1940- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baldessari, John, 1931- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Guy, Michel Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ludwig, Peter, 1925- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nauman, Bruce, 1941- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Panza, Giuseppe Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sharp, Willoughby, 1936-2008 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sonnabend, Ileana Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sonnabend, Michael Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Centre Georges Pompidou Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ileana Sonnabend (Gallery) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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