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Jim Melchert in conversation with Maria Porges

Oral history interview with James Melchert, 2002 September 18-October 19
An interview of James Melchert conducted 2002 September 18-2002 October 19, by Renny Pritikin, for the Archives of American Art’s Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Oakland, California.

Videos:

SFMOMA on the go: Jim Melchert on his slide projection Changing Walls
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Nathaniel Donnett Art Lecture at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Jim Melchert: Peter Voulkos

Jim Melchert: Artistic Process

Jim Melchert: Breaking Tiles 1

Jim Melchert: Breaking Tiles 2

Jim Melchert: Breaking Tiles 3

Jim Melchert on the phoenix theme in his art.
The artist conversations are facilitated by award-winning journalist Leslie Goldberg, video production by Neumu.net co-founder

Jim Melchert on receiving encouragement from his brother.
The artist conversations are facilitated by award-winning journalist Leslie Goldberg, video production by Neumu.net co-founder Michael Goldberg, video editing and post-production by Chia Wen Hsieh.

Jim Melchert on the role of the unconscious in making art.
The artist conversations are facilitated by award-winning journalist Leslie Goldberg, video production by Neumu.net co-founder Michael Goldberg, video editing and post-production by Chia Wen Hsieh.

On the occasion of Linda Geary’s recent book Studio Visit, which collects impressions from 100 in-studio conversations about art and life, Kadist invited a group of Bay Area artists to narrate an object from their personal collection. An unexpected result of her informal visits, Geary discovered many artists have collected images and objects unlike their public practice, raising questions like: Do personal collections change the way we think about an artists work? Do artists lead multiple lives as cultural thinkers? Are collections private secrets, as compared to publicly presented artworks?