Richard Stankiewicz, untitled, 1962, iron, steel Collection Walker Art Center, Art Center Acquisition Fund, 1963 Robert Indiana, The Green Diamond Eat The Red Diamond Die, 1962, oil on canvas Collection Walker Art Center, Gift of the T.B. Walker Foundation, 1963

Richard Stankiewicz and Robert Indiana: Interview, 10/21/63


All files are in RealAudio format.
Track 1, 11:12
Introduction by Jan Van der Marck, senior curator for the Walker Art Center.
Track 2, 7:20
Richard Stankiewicz: role of humor in early versus recent work, "constructed communication"; wall pieces versus standing pieces; the role of light and shadow on constructed wall pieces.
Track 3, 5:15
Robert Indiana: Marine works (1959); painting and sculpture; using stolen/found materials for sculpture.
Track 4, 8:23
Social Realism and American; Demuth's "Fire Engine Five" inspired by the William Carlos Williams 5 line poem.
Track 5, 7:48
Audience Questions: to Indiana influence of Stuart Davis?; to Indiana: Use of text; to Stankiewicz: Kinetic Sculpture.
Track 6, 5:54
Audience Questions: to Stankiewicz: sketching before construction?; to Stankiewicz: use of found materials; to Indiana: EAT and DIE paintings.
Track 7, 11:02
Indiana: Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism.