Robert Delford Brown papers

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Robert Delford Brown papers

1964-2009

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ce63e357-a59e-4718-b898-6b38a350315f

The papers of painter, sculptor, and performance artist Robert Delford Brown measure 3.9 linear feet and 7.98 GB and date from 1964-2009. The papers document his career as an artist and in particular the arts space "church" he founded in New York City, known as The First National Church of Exquisite Panic, Inc. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, church records, printed and digital material, photographic material, and video records of performance art. Brown's early career is documented in one scrapbook containing photographs, notes, and press materials.Biographical material includes a career summary, one diary, one interview transcript, and two interview recordings on videocassette. Correspondence is minimal and includes four letters written by Brown and letters and postcards from others. Printed material consists mostly of books and event announcements documenting Brown's career. Photographs depict his travels in Brazil and China, artwork, and a collaborative event in Paris. Video recordings depict a solo performance art piece and three collaborative performance art events.Records of the First National Church of Exquisite Panic, Inc. include items produced for events, such as graphics, a t-shirt, "teachings," as well as reproductions of artwork created as part of the church. Also included are founding documents and manifestos.One scrapbook contains detailed documentation on Brown's career from 1964 to 1974. Included are photographs and press materials for his "Meat Show" event, additional records of the founding of his church, and photographs of various events and happenings at his church. People depicted in the photographs include Brown, Claes Oldenburg, and art critic Mario Amaya, among others.Artwork includes works on paper incorporating stamps and text from around 2002 to 2008, as well as artwork documentation for ephemeral and performance artworks including Originale (1964), Out of Order Please Use Toilet Down the Hall Across the Lobby (1965), Free Striptease with Drum and Bugle Corps Accompaniment (1966), The Great Building Crack-Up (1967), Mr. Jesus Christ Contest (1972), Turd Forest (1972), and others.

eng,

Archives of American Art

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6630402

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Butler, Eugenia, 1947-2008

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c35dh (person)

Gablik, Suzi

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c3595 (person)

Amaya, Mario

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6086xfv (person)

Brown, Robert Delford, 1930-2009

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c2538n (person)

Robert Delford Brown (1930-2009) was a performance artist in New York, N.Y. Brown was a participant in events' as-art, happenings, in New York during the 1960s. He frequently performed in the persona of a religious leader and founder of his own religion, The First National Church of the Exquisite Panic, Inc. From the description of Robert Delford Brown papers, 1964-2009. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821133 Robert Delford Brown (1930...

Amaya, Mario

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6207505 (person)

Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t3kq7 (person)

B. 1929, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929, in Stockholm. His father was a diplomat, and the family lived in the United States and Norway before settling in Chicago in 1936. Oldenburg studied literature and art history at Yale University, New Haven, from 1946 to 1950. He subsequently studied art under Paul Wieghardt at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1950 to 1954. During the first two years of art school, he also worked as an apprentice reporter at the City News Bureau of Chi...