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Richard Carlyon
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Handwritten letter from Dan Flavin to Richard Carlyon, dated March 3, 1966, discussing the panel Flavin will participate in at the 1966 Annual Spring Arts Festival. Transcription: "March 3, 1966. Cold Spring. Dear Richard, I am pleased to see that the panel has finally resolved itself approximately the way in which you wished to have it. The subject (subjects) for discussion: “Art, Non-Art, Anti-Art” is strange beyond strange. Look, you as a painter, I believe, would you be able to speak for from five to ten minutes about that stuff? Could you give me just five meaningful sentences within the subject? I doubt that you can hold the fellows to it. No doubt, we shall see. Your time table looks to be pleasantly set. Sonja and I will probably be [crossed out] come a day early. Sonja is pressing to see the Jefferson buildings. If it is at all possible, I would like to talk with your young people. I am supposed to give a sculpture criticism for senior and graduate school students of the Rhode Island School of Design sometime soon -- a one day feat which is beyond human capability. I may teach for a semester at the University of North Carolina. It’s up to me to decide. Best wishes and best regards. D. Fay, Special Agent, The Northwestern Mutual Life"
Personal Name Subject
Flavin, Dan, 1933-1996; Carlyon, Richard, 1930-2006
Corporate Name Subject
Richmond Professional Institute
Topical Subject
Arts festivals; Performing arts festivals; Art, American -- 20th century -- History; Sculpture; Light art; Installations (Art); Minimal art
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
correspondence
Local Genre
text
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
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This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Bang Arts Festival, Richmond Professional Institute, 1964-1967
Source
Letter from Dan Flavin to Richard Carlyon, 1966 March 3, Richard Carlyon Papers, Accession 2016.07.150, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
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M442_b01_i059.pdf