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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Peter Hutchinson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hutchi67
- Creators:
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Hutchinson, Peter A., 1930-Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
- Dates:
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1967 July 27
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 CassetteSound recording (ca. 30 min.)analog17 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Peter Hutchinson conducted 1967 July 27, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Hutchinson speaks of his childhood and early education in the English countryside; his subsequent time spent in the army; his decision to move to the states and attend college in Illinois; his artistic destiny realized during his first year in college; his seven year experience working his way through college; his time spent in Italy in the early 60's; his early mathematic, Nevelson-like wood works; his relationship to the Jack Daniels Gallery and the "nucleus of thought" consisting of Sol LeWitt , Robert Smithson, Tadaaki Kuwayama; his feelings as to the blurred line between art and writing; the stimulation process involved in all art forms; his creative process consisting primarily of thought; his progression from construction, to painting, to painting on shaped canvas and wood; the requisite direct relationship between art and the artist; his position on the contemporary debate over the supremacy of painting or sculpture; his prediction that Judd and Morris are painting themselves into a corner; the importance of artistic dialogue; the possibility of a redefinition of humanism; his interest in Science Fiction and his recent publication of "Is there Life on Earth;" the importance of "thinking in reverse;" his decision in recent years to replace personal references with personal shapes; his opposition to the term creativity; his similar position to McLuhan with his belief in every man as an artist; his foresight of an eventual "devaluation of monetary attainment;" and his belief that art (self-expression) will always exist in one form or another. Hutchinson discusses his work and its development, and he comments upon the aesthetic climate of the day. He discourses on science fiction.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Peter A. Hutchinson (1930- ) is a sculptor from Provincetown, Mass.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
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
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Humanism in art | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Kuwayama, Tadaaki, 1932- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Judd, Donald, 1928-1994 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Morris, Robert, 1931-2018 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Smithson, Robert | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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