Robert Blanchon Papers and Collection
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Artist and teacher Robert Blanchon (1965-1999) attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1984 and 1990, where he earned his BFA and MFA. From 1989 to 1994, Blanchon lived in New York City where he produced photographic, sculptural, performance, and video artworks including many of his early photographic series. In 1995, Blanchon began teaching as an artist-in-residence at the University of California, Irvine. In subsequent years he worked as a visiting artist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Blanchon exhibited widely throughout the United States in group shows, and had five solo exhibitions during his lifetime. The Robert Blanchon Papers and Collection include correspondence, teaching materials, photographs, video, ephemera, and original artworks.
Biographical Note
Robert Blanchon was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts in 1965. Between 1984 and 1990, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he earned his BFA and MFA. While in Chicago, Blanchon was an active participant in the non-profit art scene. He curated exhibitions at N.A.M.E. gallery, contributed to Tony Tasset, et al's artist project "Anonymous Museum", and designed a poster for the City of Chicago's billboard campaign, Art Against AIDS: On the Road. From 1989 to 1994, Robert Blanchon lived in New York City and worked in the Communications Department at the New Museum of Contemporary Art while producing his photographic, sculptural, performance, and video artworks. He had a studio on Canal Street where he completed many of his early photographic series including the stains, tattoos, and greeting cards series. Also during this period, Blanchon created two of his most widely known and exhibited artworks, "Untitled (self-portrait)" (1991), a series of fourteen self-portraits commissioned by street artists, and "Protection" (1992), a letter by the artist to his mother telling her he was HIV positive, juxtaposed with her twelve-page response. He had two solo shows in New York City, at Artists Space in 1994 and at White Columns in 1995. In 1995, Blanchon moved to California to take a position as an artist-in-residence at the University of California, Irvine. Teaching and art-making were from this point forward his main occupations. While in California, he produced the video "let's just kiss and say goodbye" (1995), which was exhibited in national and international film festivals, and he had two major solo shows, one at the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies in 1996 and one at Marc Foxx Gallery in the following year. He worked at UC Irvine until 1997, leaving after being denied a tenure track position despite his popularity with students who voted him Best Teacher in 1996. In the spring of 1998, Blanchon moved back to Chicago to become an artist-in-residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in the fall of the same year, he took another artist-in-residence position at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During this time he had a solo show of new works of photography and sculpture at the June and John Alcott Gallery in Chapel Hill. The following spring he returned to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to teach a graduate level seminar. By the end of the summer Blanchon was hospitalized due to complications related to AIDS, and on October 3, 1999, he died at age 33. Source: Much of the information in the biographical note was taken from a biography produced by Visual AIDS for the Robert Blanchon Estate Project.
Chronology
One Person Exhibitions
2000 Minimal Provocations:The Art and Influence of Robert Blanchon, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL (brochure)
1998 Robert Blanchon, John and June Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC
1997 Robert Blanchon, Marc Foxx; Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
1996 lalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalalalalalalala, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies; Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
1995 Robert Blanchon, White Columns; New York, NY
1994 Carcharodon carcharias (Jaws), AIDS Forum, Artists Space; New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Stephen Andrews and Robert Blanchon, Kendall Gallery, Miami Dade Community College; Miami, FL (brochure)
2005 At the Mercy of Others: The Politics of Care, Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Exhibition; New York, NY (catalogue)
2004 video shakes, Gallery M; Harlem, NY
1999 The Mourning After: Art of Loss, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
1998 I'm Still in Love with You, Women's 20th Century Club; Eagle Rock, CA (catalogue)
Out Inside-UC Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Faculty Artists, Sesnon Gallery at Porter College; Santa Cruz, CA
Picture Show: Photo-Based and Video Art from L.A., Weinstein Gallery; Minneapolis, MN
Disappearing Act, Bound and Unbound and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects; New York, NY
Spaceship Earth, Art in General; New York, NY
Perspectives on Infinity, Transamerica Pyramid Galleries; San Francisco, CA
Salon: A selection of work by artists from the archive project, Visual AIDS at the National Arts Club; New York, NY
Low, Marc Foxx; Los Angeles, CA
1997 Contemporary Collections '97, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies; Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Current: The Photographers' Perspective, UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center; Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Museum of Art 1997 Bienneal; Newport Beach, CA (catalogue)
OUT Auction, Santa Monica Museum of Art; Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
Hollywood Premiere, Popular Mechanics at Hollywood Premier Motel; Los Angeles, CA
Blind Date, California Institute for the Arts; Valencia, CA (catalogue/publication)
Terminals: Considering the Present, The University Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine: Irvine, CA
1996 A Living Testament of the Blood Fairies, Artists Space; New York, NY
Model Home, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Clocktower; New York, NY
Push / Pause, Randolph Street Gallery; Chicago, IL
First Person, Marc Foxx; Los Angeles, CA
Arts' Communities; AIDS' Communities: Realizing the Archive Project, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1995 Robert Blanchon and Mary Ellen Carroll, Momenta Art; Brooklyn, NY
The Cultural Body, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College; Colorado Springs, CO
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery; New York, NY
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery; New York, NY
Pervert, The University Art Gallery, University of California, Irnine; Irnive, CA (catalogue)
Family Affair: Gay and Lesbian Issues of Domestic Life, Atlanta College of Art Gallery; Atlanta, GA (catalogue)
Face Foward: Contemporary Self-Portraiture, Kohler Arts Center; Sheboygan, WI (catalogue)
1994 AIDS victim jewelry, Barney's New York holiday windows; Chicago, IL
Yes I Am / No I'm Not, Momenta Art; Brooklyn, NY
Telling . . . Stories, Randolph Street Gallery; Chicago, IL
Camera Obscura / Obscura Camera, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
1993 Contacts / Proofs, Jersey City Museum; Jersey City, NJ
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center; New York, NY
in-flux, Gallery 400, School of Art and Design, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL
Day Without Art, State of Illinois Art Gallery; Chicago, IL
Oral Interpretation, The Optic Society; New York, NY
1992 Private / Public, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
Re-Imagining America: A Project for Democracy, Randolph Street Gallery; Chicago, IL
The Anonymous Museum; Chicago, IL
From America's Studio: Drawing New Conclusions, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL (catalogue)
1991 Selections / Fall '91, The Drawing Center; New York, NY
Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center; Chicago, IL
Louder, Gallery 400, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL
1990 Crisp & Clean, Hyde Park Art Center; Chicago, IL
The Royal Academy: Out Bigoted Past, MFA Thesis Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
1989 Conceptual / Installations, State of Illinois Art Gallery; Chicago, IL
AIDS: Responsible and Responding, Axe Street Arena; Chicago, IL
Public Project, Videos, Performance Events, Curatorial Projects, and Artist Publications
2000 "[Untitled]" and "personal business card no. 3 / final draft /accepted / 1995," Ten by Ten: Space for Visual Culture 1, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2000): 27, 33
1998 mourning, video/4:00/color/b&w/stereo
1997 Bed-in for Peace With-in, performance at the Hollywood Premiere with Kelly Martin
Robert Blanchon @ Side Street Projects, October 22, 1997 Screening, discussion i can't live in a world without love, 16 mm/2:00/color
1996 [never realized] 4 opportunistic infections for public viewing and consumption, 16 pp/non-fiction, distributed to the public for no charge
caliber (the morning after), video/2:19/b&w/stereo
Testimonial: The Cultural Production of Death, website exhibition curated by Constance Samaras
"Fair as Gum," Grand Larceny 3 (1996): 6-7
Dedication: In Memory of John Francis Blanchon 1957-1990, 10 pp.
Detours '96: An International Exhibition of Visual Artists Who Write and Writers Who Make Visual Art, International Artists' Writing & Reading Room, Side Street Projects; Santa Monica, CA
1995 let's just kiss + say good-bye, video/9:00/color/b&w/stereo
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York
Queer 101, Zebra Crossing Theater, Chicago
Outfest '95: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Dallas Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Rochester
Internationales Schwul Lesbisches Filmfestival, Berlin
Out on Film: Atlanta's 8th Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
The 15th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival
Litigation Pending, Momenta Art, Brooklyn
Artists Television Network, San Francisco
Image and Nation, 8th International Festival of Gay and Lesbian Cinema and Video, Montreal
Situations 1, 2, 3, video/90:00/color
1984 Calendar, 1984 Printed Matter 1995 catalogue, inside cover
"Razor Burn," Honcho 18, no. 10 (October 1995): 5-13. Photos by John Philips
Untitled (Honcho October 1995 cover), White Columns Update (1995): 22
"Taking Another Look at Awnings," brochure essay for public art project by Jackie Chang
1994 Self-portrait as Mary Patten, editor of Whitewalls, Whitewalls, "Sweet Sixteen" Anniversary Issue, no. 33-34 (1994): 1
1984/1994 Mapplethorpe Memorial Calendar Card, Momenta Art unlimited edition
a wretch like me, guest editor, Whitewalls no.35 (Fall/Winter 1994); 50 contributors, 110 pp.
Live, Life, Death, artist project for exhibition catalogue, la Galerie des Photographies, Paris
Gilbert and George, performance with Mary Ellen Carroll at Wigstock; New York, NY
1993 Cruising New York, project for Promotional Copy (1993): 94
1992 "the brain as frontier, among others," Art Papers 16, no. 1 (January-February 1992): 42-43
1990 Art Against AIDS: One the Road, 50 subway billboards, City of Chicago Transit Authority; Chicago, IL
I Will Not Get AIDS [Richard Daley], public poster project; Chicago, IL
Strip, group exhibition curated for N.A.M.E.; Chicago, IL
1989 Honoring Conceptualism: A Suspicious Perception, in Whitewalls no. 26 (Fall 1990): 27-31, under pseudonym Dolores Boogdanian
Untitled (The Vogels), unsolicited invitation design and mailing, The Terra Museum of American Art; Chicago, IL
Teaching
Visiting Artist/Scholar, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Programs; Spring 1998, Spring 1999
Visiting Artist/Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Fall 1998
Adjunct Faculty, University of California, Irvine; 1995-1997 Awarded University Best Teacher 1996
Adjunct Faculty, California Institute for the Arts; 1995-1997
Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design; 1996
Visiting Artist Residencies and Lectures
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of California, Irvine
California Institute for the Arts
University of California, Riverside
The Drawing Center, New York City
Side Street Projects, Los Angeles
Arrangement
The Robert Blanchon Estate and Visual AIDS were responsible for bringing the Robert Blanchon Papers and Collection together. Visual AIDS received materials from the Robert Blanchon Estate that did not possess an original order, and in the process of creating the catalog Robert Blanchon they re-organized and added to the previously extant body of materials. The collection is now arranged in nine series that were created to segregate materials by type in the absence of a discernible original order. Series I, II, and III are arranged chronologically; series IV, V, VI, and VII contain photographic materials, media, and objects that are arranged chronologically where possible; and series VIII and IX are arranged alphabetically.
The June 2018 Accretion has been added to Series VI: Books. the accretion has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
The collection is arranged into nine series:
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- Series I: Art Production
- Series II: Correspondence and Notes
- Series III: Teaching
- Series IV: Photography
- Series V: Media
- Series VI: Books
- Series VII: Objects
- Series VIII: Memorial
- Series IX: Visual AIDS
Scope and Content note
The Robert Blanchon Papers and Collection contains a selection of Blanchon's original works of art, art production-related materials, personal and professional correspondence, teaching materials, a collection of objects of artistic or personal significance, and materials created posthumously for the planning of a Robert Blanchon memorial. The collection also inlcudes documents created by the Robert Blanchon Estate Project from Visual AIDS, which describe the work (conducted from 2003 to 2006) to publish an illustrated catalog documenting Blanchon's complete oeuvre, and to organize several exhibitions of his work.
The collection of original artwork by Robert Blanchon includes photographic, performance and sculptural work, and collaborative artworks and film work. Art production-related materials include source material for his artworks, artist books, publicity materials and exhibition catalogs. Film, contact sheets, artist test proofs, source photography, slides of artwork, and film works in multiple formats are also part of the collection. Artworks and art production materials date between 1989 and 1999. Robert Blanchon's teaching materials are drawn from his work as adjunct faculty at the University of California, Irvine and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1996 to 1998, and as a visiting artist/scholar at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1998 to 1999. Teaching materials include course readers, course descriptions, syllabi, and student papers and correspondence (access to student records is restricted). Objects of artistic significance include items used in Blanchon's art production, such as a Polaroid camera, bandanas, and clothing labels. Objects of personal significance include items related to Blanchon's personal life, such as his eyeglasses and his Filofax diary. Memorial-related planning materials include letters of condolence, a mailing list, slides of family and friends, and copies of Robert Blanchon obituaries.
Materials generated by Visual AIDS staff members reflect their effort to document and archive every artwork created by Blanchon, to formulate a complete biography of Blanchon's life and artistic career, and to produce an exhaustive bibliography of the literature written about Blanchon. These materials include email correspondence from project coordinators to collectors, Blanchon's friends and colleagues, galleries, and the representative of Robert Blanchon's estate, Mary Ellen Carroll. Other materials include catalogs from Blanchon's exhibitions, copies of articles written about Blanchon and his artwork, contact information for collectors and gallerists, slides of Blanchon's work, grant proposals to fund the project, and the final catalog published in 2006, titled Robert Blanchon. The Visual AIDS materials also include correspondence, notes, plans for artworks, and publications created by Blanchon.
The Robert Blanchon Papers June 2018 Accretion contains two series of encyclopedias, on that defines contemporary photography, and a small paperback book of the science of sound. The dates of publication range from 1901 to 1975. The collection is arranged into Nine Series:
Series I: Art Production contains original artworks, source material for artworks, sketchbooks, artist books, publicity materials and exhibition catalogs.
Subseries A: Artwork contains photographic, performance and sculptural artworks. Subseries B: Collaborative Artwork contains artworks created by Blanchon in collaboration with other artists. Subseries C: Source Materials contains materials that are either not artworks or works made by people other than Blanchon. Subseries D: Publicity, Notes, etc. contains publicity materials (such as catalogs and postcards) for both Blanchon's work and the work of others, magazines and journals, and Blanchon's notes and source materials for projects.
Series II: Correspondence and Notes contains letters related to Blanchon's teaching, art production and exhibitions, and personal life. The collection includes both letters received by Blancon, and copies he made of letters he sent to others. Notes appear in this series when they were already interfiled with correspondence.
Series III: Teaching contains course readers, course descriptions, syllabi, and student papers and correspondence [both restricted].
Series IV: Photography contains source photography for artworks, negative film, glass slides, contact sheets, artist test proofs, slides of artwork, and framed photographs of friends and family. Slides of artwork exist both in 8.5 x 11" photo sleeves, and in three archival slide box systems assumed to have been arranged by Blanchon. The slides in the slide boxes generally duplicate the slides that have been arranged into sleeves; access to the slide boxes is by approval only, and researchers should use the sleeved slides for viewing.
One group of photographs has been processed within Series VII: Objects - see Object ID: 220.2.0055 "Box of family photographs".
Series V: Media contains Robert Blanchon's film works in multiple formats including VHS, Digital Betacam, and DVD. Series also contains cassette tapes, compact discs, and records.
Series VI: Print Material contains books owned by Robert Blanchon.
Series VII: Objects contains objects either related to art production or objects which had personal significance. All objects belonged to Robert Blanchon.
Series VIII: Memorial and Posthumous Files contains memorial-related planning materials including letters of condolence, a mailing list, slides of family and friends, and copies of Robert Blanchon obituaries, as well as negatives made from Blanchon's "Untitled (Aroma/1981)" prints after his death.
Series IX: Visual AIDS contains material generated by Visual AIDS during their production of the Robert Blanchon Catalog. It includes email correspondence, catalogs from Blanchon's exhibitions, copies of articles written about Blanchon and his artwork, contact information for collectors and gallerists, slides of Blanchon's work, grant proposals to fund the project, and the final catalog published in 2006, titled Robert Blanchon. The Visual AIDS materials also include correspondence, notes, plans for artworks, and publications created by Blanchon.
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Access Restrictions
Repository permission is required for access. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Use Restrictions
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Robert Blanchon, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Robert Blanchon Papers and Collection; MSS 220; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
June 2018 Accretion donated by Nelson Santos in June 2017. The accession number associated with this gift is 2018.083.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the Fales Library in 2008 by Mary Ellen Carroll, executor of the Robert Blanchon Estate.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Series I Artworks are undergoing preservation treatment, and are not available to researchers.
Born-digital materials have not been transferred and may not be available to researchers. Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596, with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Access copies for some audiovisual materials are available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
About this Guide
Processing Information
In 2016, boxes from Series I and Series VII were renumbered to more accurately reflect our holdings. Researchers with citations to previous box numbers may contact fales.library@nyu.edu for assistance with identifying new box numbers.
In August 2017, 13 items were prepared to be moved to offsite art storage in September 2017.
The June 2018 accretion materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes.
Revisions to this Guide
Repository
Series I: Art Production
Scope and Content note
Series I: Art Production contains original artworks, source material for artworks, sketchbooks, artist books, publicity materials and exhibition catalogs.
Conditions Governing Access
Artworks are currently undergoing preservation treatment and are not accessible to researchers.
Subseries A: Artwork
Scope and Content note
Series I: Subseries A: Artwork, contains photographic, performance and sculptural artworks. What constitutes an artwork as opposed to documentation of an artwork is based largely on designations found in the Visual AIDS catalog Robert Blanchon.
All the Beds I Ever Slept In, 1998
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Medium: c-print, wood frame
Dimensions: 6.25" x 24"
Art Against AIDS, 1990
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Medium: billboard poster
Dimensions: 45" x 60"
Description: Billboard designed for Ann Philbin's 1990 Art Against AIDS campaign in Chicago; installed at bus shelters and train platforms city-wide.
The Bimbo is Smoking, 1992
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Medium: c-print, mixed media
Dimensions: 40" x 30" (print)
Description: Photograph depicts artist in drag, looking at an image of President George Bush Sr. The suitcase is monogrammed "G.H.W.B." and contains a scarf, men's dress shirt and tie, stained men's underwear, socks, a pillow, and KY Jelly. The artwork consists of two pieces, the c-print and the suitcase. The suitcase owned by the Fales Library is not original, it was recreated for the Robert Blanchon catalog published by Visual AIDS.
Blossom (0-9), [1996]
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Medium: c-prints
Dimensions: 10" x 10"
Description: Piece consists of 10 separate prints.
Blossom (0-9), [1996]
Cruising New York, 1993
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Medium: offset print, wood frame
Dimensions: 21" x 17.25"
Description: Framed advertisement. Blanchon led a tour, called "Cruising New York", of popular meeting places for anonymous gay sex in New York City. Offset print created as advertisement for tour. Print also published in Promotional Copy, an artist publication edited by Robin Kahn.
Cypress, 1997
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Medium: 2 sets of c-prints
Dimensions: 30" x 20" each
Description: Photographs of two identical cypress treetops. One is shot through a window screen.
Dingbats, 1998
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Medium: hand-tinted cibachrome prints, hand-painted wood frames
Dimensions: 10.75" x 15" each
Description: Seven empty Los Angeles carports. Piece consists of seven framed prints.
Dr. Farnsworth's Curtains, 1998
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Medium: c-print, wood frame
Dimensions: 20.5" x 34"
Description: Photograph of the curtains at the Farnsworth House designed by Mies van der Rohe. The curtains were installed following a dispute between the owner and the architect.
Gifts for Harold, 1994
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Medium: mixed media
Dimensions: variable
Description: Photographs represent gifts received by the character Harold in the play The Boys in the Band (1968) by Matt Crowley. Text panels feature related excerpts from play's script. In the original installation a shelf held a sympathy card. Piece consists of six mounted pages of the script on foam board and four framed images.
hap-hazard, 1996
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Medium: c-prints, Plexiglas boxes
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 2" each; overall dimensions variable
Description: Described by Blanchon as 990 Plexiglas boxes filled with "every photo I ever took." 874 Plexiglas boxes present spread across boxes 29-37.
Each box of contains ~100 Plexiglas boxes.
hap-hazard, 1996
hap-hazard, 1996
hap-hazard, 1996
hap-hazard, 1996
hap-hazard, 1996
hap-hazard, 1996
hap-hazard, 1996
hap-hazard, 1996
Male Call, 1993
General
Medium: ink, paper; ed.unknown, invitation
Dimensions: 5.5" x 4.5"; schedule: 11" x 8.5"
Description: Invitation and schedule to fictional conference. Text reads: "You have been cordially invited to attend Male Call, a series of programs for male artists, curators, historians, critics, collectors, and arts administrators -- examining the changing roles of men in society and culture." The archive contains 9 original invitations and one copy of the original schedule.
Original Gravestone Rubbings, 1995
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Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 36" wide, approx. 60'long
Description: Original graphite rubbings from uninscribed, commerical gravestones. Used to produce the artwork entitled Untitled (stones) .
Razor Burn, 1995
General
Medium: glossy magazine prints
Dimensions: variable
Description: Honcho magazine issue 18, no. 10 (October 1995): 5-13. Portraits of Blanchon by John Philips of Hound Dog Productions, photographed for a nine-page spread in Honcho magazine.
Rock (0-9), 1996
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Medium: gelatin silver prints; ed. possibly three
Dimensions: 10" x 10" each
Description: Piece consists of ten prints on foam board.
Stem (0-9), 1998
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Medium: toned prints, wood frames; ed. possibly three
Dimensions: 12" x 9" each
Description: Piece consists of 10 framed prints.
Untitled (1959), 1989
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Medium: c-prints, redwood frames
Dimensions: variable
Description: Five images of nude boys, photographed from 1950s gay pulp erotica. The original presentation consisted of five framed prints. Only two prints are present in the collection at the Fales Library. Among the three prints not present in the collection, one is known to have been destroyed by water damage.
Untitled [I will not get AIDS], 1989
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Medium: paper sticker
Dimensions: 9.5" x 7.5"
Description: Image of former Chicago mayor Richard Daley with the caption "I will not get AIDS." Created as a variation on a series of posters produced by the Chicago Department of Health, Blanchon printed the design on adhesive sheets and, with John Darmour, hung it around the city. The posters' appearance was widely reported in the Chicago press. Collection consists of 68 original stickers.
Untitled (sympathy), 1992
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Medium: cibachrome print, wood frame
Dimensions: 13.25" x 10.75"
Description: Text read: "We shall always remember with deep gratitude your comforting expression of sympahty."
Untitled (sympathy card), 1994
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Medium: black and white photograph, wood frame
Dimensions: 31" x 41"
Description: Text read: "The family of________acknowledges with grateful appreciation your kind expression of sympathy."
Untitled (aroma/1981), 1995
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Medium: sepia prints on vellum
Dimensions: variable
Description: Sepia prints of advertisements from vintage gay magazines. Originally described as including 100 prints. Prints owned by the Fales Library were recreated for the Visual AIDS catalog by Tania Duvergne.
Untitled (self-portrait/waste), 1995
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Medium: metal, rubber
Dimensions: 4.5" diameter, 1.75" deep
Description: Stainless steel garbage disposal ring inscribed with the manufacturer's name, "WASTE KING."
Untitled (stones), 1995
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Object ID: 220.2.0010
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Medium: diazotype prints on paper
Dimensions: 36" wide, length variable
Description: Diazotype "blueprints" of rubbings from uninscribed, commercial gravestones. Prints were intended to fade over time with exposure to light. Piece consists of three rolls of diazotype prints. Each roll is stored separately.
Untitled (stones), 1995
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Object ID: 220.2.0010
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Untitled (stones), 1995
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Object ID: 220.2.0010
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Untitled (Death Valley Self-Portrait), 1995
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Object ID: 220.2.0012
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Medium: cibachrome prints, wood frames
Dimensions: 35.5" x 45.5"
Description: A self-portrait paired with a landscape photo taken through a car windshield. Piece consists of 2 framed cibachrome prints, stored separately.
Untitled (Death Valley Self-Portrait), 1995
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Object ID: 220.2.0012
Untitled (gum stain 4), 1995
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Medium: c-print, wood frame
Dimensions: 32.25" x 22.5"
Description: Originally part of a series of four photographs of gum stained sidewalks. Alternate title: Untitled (9000 Sunset Blvd.), refers to a West Hollywood cruising location where photograph was taken.
Untitled (back) -- shirt, 1996
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Medium: clothing labels, thread
Dimensions: men's medium
Description: Shirt sewn entirely of clothing labels.
Untitled (back) - mannequin, 1996
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Untitled (No Corpse…), 1996
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Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 16.74" x 23.25"
Description: Full title: Untitled (No corpse of any person [except those who shall die of the plague] shall be buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, or anything whatsoever made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or any material or thing, other than what is made of sheep's wool. Act of 1648, repealed in 1814)
Untitled (Century Plant), 1998
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Medium: sepia-toned prints, frames
Dimensions: 21" x 14.5"
Description: Two photos of two different century plants in bloom. The century plant is said to blossom once every hundred years. The piece consists of two framed prints.
Untitled [doubleseat chair], 1998
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Medium: polyurethane, steel
Dimensions: 32" x 33" x 24"
Untitled [cradle chair], 1998
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Medium: polyurethane, steel
Dimensions: 31" x 25" x 24"
Untitled (eye frame), 1998
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Medium: prescription eyeglass, custom frame, glass shelf
Dimensions: shelf: 2" x 9" x 10"
Description: Installed at eye level. The eyeglass prescription matched Blanchon's own failing eyesight and eventual blindness in one eye, caused by symptoms related to HIV.
Untitled (Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois on February 24, 1998, 2:46pm), 1998
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Wave (0-9), 1996
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Medium: c-prints, ed. three
Dimensions: 10" x 10"
Description: From an attempt to photograph two identical waves. Piece consists of 10 separate prints.
Subseries B: Collaborative Artwork
Scope and Content note
Series I: Subseries B: Collaborative Artwork, contains artworks done by Blanchon in collaboration with other artists.
Cruising New York, Promotional Copy, 1993
General
Medium: newsprint pages bound
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Description: Promotional Copy (1993) is an artist publication with entries from many different contributors. Robert Blanchon's advertisement for Cruising New York appears in a 1993 issue of Promotional Copy on page 94.
Gilbert and George, 1994
General
Medium: three gelatin silver prints
Dimensions: 42.5" x 32.5"
Description: Photographs taken from original performance with Mary Ellen Carroll at Wigstock, 1994. Photograph also produced as a postcard multiple, edition unknown.
Stamp: Bed-in for Peace With-in, 1997
General
Medium: wood and rubber stamp
Dimensions:
Description: Bed-in for Peace With-in was conceived for an exhibition for Popular Mechanics Gallery in the Premiere Hollywood Hotel. With collaborator Kelly Marie Martin, Blanchon decorated the room in white and lay in a bed covered with self-help books. Fales holds the stamp produced in connection with the performance. Stamp transfers the following message: Bed-in for Peace With-in, Robert Blanchon + Kelly Marie Martin:
drove from Paris to Amsterdam Hilton talking in our bed for a week... the newspaper said what're doing in bed... I said we're only trying to get some Peace - John Lennon 3.24.69
drove from Koreatown to Hollywood Premiere talking in bed for a little time no one asked what're doing in bed...said we're only tring to get some Piece of Mind - Robert Blanchon + Kelly Marie Martin 8.11.97
Smackwater, 1998
General
Medium: photograph
Dimensions: 4" x 6"
Description: Piece consists of a photo from the original performance entitled Smackwater, conceptualized by Robert Blanchon and performed by Mary Ellen Carroll. During the performance lyrics to Carole King's "Smack Water Jack", written in what Blanchon claimed was crystal meth affixed to vellum and mounted to a gallery wall, were scraped off by Mary Ellen Carroll with a razor blade. She then deposited the powder in a drug baggy and cut out the place where the text had been. Folder 16 in Box 4 contains a photocopy of the original photograph of the event.
Subseries C: Source Materials
Scope and Content note
This subseries consists primarily of source materials for Blanchon's work, such as sketchbooks and test prints. Other materials included may not relate directly to realized artworks.
Blanchon Sketchbook
Loose materials found in sketchbook
Visual Materials
Paint-and-Feather Assemblage, undated
Oversize Visual Source Material, undated
Untitled [swimming pool], c. 1998
General
Medium: cibachrome print
Dimensions: 20" x 24"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [desert], c. 1998
General
Medium: c-print
Dimensions: 20" x 24"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [windshield], c. 1998
General
Medium: c-print
Dimensions: 19.75" x 23.75"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [ducks], c. 1998
General
Medium: c-print
Dimensions: 20" x 24"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [There is beauty], c. 1998
General
Medium: c-print
Dimensions: 20" x 23.75"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [rainy], c. 1998
General
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 30" x 40"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [garden], c. 1998
General
Medium: cibachrome print
Dimensions: 20" x 30"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [gum stain], 1995
General
Medium: black and white photograph
Dimensions: 23" x 30"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [envelopes], c. 1994
General
Medium: c-print
Dimensions: 20" x 24"
Description: Print was labeled "test print".
Untitled [Washington monument], undated
Photos, Posters
General
Millie Wilson poster
2 artworks by unidentified artists
Photograph of Blanchon's apartment in Silverlake, LA
General
Written on original container: "Robert's apartment in Silverlake" and "Honda parked in front of apartment bldg."
Production material for Untitled (aroma/1981), undated
"Someone You Know is Very Ill" Bus Shelter Poster, 1991
Scope and Contents
Dimensions: 48" x 70"
Lithograph poster by Mark Niblock-Smith, funded by Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.
Subseries D: Publicity, Notes, etc.
Scope and Content note
Series I: Subseries D contains publicity materials (such as catalogs and postcards) for both Blanchon's work and the work of others, magazines and journals, and Blanchon's notes and source materials for projects.
Art / Literary Journals, Undated, 1995, 1998
Catalogs, Undated, 1992, 1996
Chopped Up in Silver Lake by Lucien Patrick, Notebook, Undated
General
Blank notebook with fake book cover. Blanchon made notes on the first couple of pages.
The Estate of Robert Blanchon Ephemera: Mail Art, Papers, Public Works, 1989-1999, inclusive
Exhibition Postcards (Blanchon), 1994, 1998
Lalalalalalala...(Catalog), 1997
Let's Just Kiss + Say Goodbye - EDL Lists + Disks, 1995
Let's Just Kiss + Say Goodbye - Notes, 1995
Let's Just Kiss + Say Goodbye - Programs and Promotional Materials, 1995
Let's Just Kiss + Say Goodbye - Programs and Promotional Materials, 1995
Let's Just Kiss + Say Goodbye - Resources, 1995
Let's Just Kiss + Say Goodbye - Script, 1995
Magazines and Catalogs, 1991-2000, inclusive
[Never Realized] By Robert Blanchon, 1996
Notes, Clippings, Etc., Undated
Postcards and Announcements, 1990-2001, inclusive
Untitled (Left S/M Top - Right S/M Bottom), 1994
Whitewalls Number 26, 1990
Whitewalls Number 33 / 34, 1994
Whitewalls Number 35, 1994
Series II: Correspondence and Notes
Scope and Content note
Series II: Notes and Correspondence contains letters related to Blanchon's teaching, art production and exhibitions, and personal life. The collection includes both letters received by Blancon, and copies he made of letters he sent to others. Notes appear in this series when they were already interfiled with correspondence.
Some of the letters were damaged by paint; these have been photocopied, and access to the originals is restricted.
Correspondence, Undated, inclusive
Correspondence, 1994-1996, inclusive
Correspondence, 1997
Correspondence, 1998
Correspondence, 1999
Correspondence (Damaged Originals) - RESTRICTED, 1997-1998, inclusive
Correspondence, Etc: Mary Ellen Carroll, 1994-1998, Undated
Correspondence, Etc: Mary Ellen Carroll, Undated
Correspondence: Marc Foxx, 1997-1998, inclusive
Correspondence + Notes For Uncompleted Works, 1997-1998, inclusive
Correspondence With Students, 1998
Let's Just Kiss And Say Goodbye Correspondence, 1994-1995, inclusive
Whitewalls - A Wretch Like Me - Correspondence, 1994
Series III: Teaching
Course Materials - Miscellaneous, 1997-1998, inclusive
Course Reader - Don't Smoke in Bed: The Graduate Critique as a Safe Space, Copy 1 (Folder 1 of 2), Fall 1996
Course Reader - Don't Smoke in Bed: The Graduate Critique as a Safe Space, Copy 1 (Folder 2 of 2), Fall 1996
Course Reader - Don't Smoke in Bed: The Graduate Critique as a Safe Space, Copy 2 (Folder 1 of 2), Fall 1996
Course Reader - Don't Smoke in Bed: The Graduate Critique as a Safe Space, Copy 2 (Folder 2 of 2), Fall 1996
Issues in Contemporary Art: Syllabus + Handouts, Fall 1995
Issues in Contemporary Art: Syllabus + Final Exam, Winter 1996
Course Reader - Issues in Contemporary Art 1980-Present, Spring 1996
Course Reader - Issues in Contemporary Art, Marked-Up Copy 1 (Folder 1 of 2), Fall 1996
Course Reader - Issues in Contemporary Art [Modernism], Marked-Up Copy 1 (Folder 2 of 2), Fall 1996
Course Reader - Issues in Contemporary Art, Copy 2, Fall 1996
Course Reader - Issues in Contemporary Art, Copy 3, Spring 1997
Course Reader - Issues in Contemporary Art, Copy 4 + Related Papers, Spring 1997
Course Reader - Reading Position for Second Degree Burn, Copy 1 of 2 (Folder 1 of 2), Winter 1997
Course Reader - Reading Positions for Second Degree Burn (Issues in Contemporary Art: 1970s) (Folder 2 of 2), Winter 1997
Course Reader - Reading Position for Second Degree Burn (Issues in Contemporary Art: 1970s), Copy 2 of 2, Winter 1997
Course Reader - More Than 15 Minutes of Fame: The Graduate Critique as Learning Experience, Winter 1996
Course Reader - Road Kill (or a Dinner Supplement), Copy 1 of 2, Spring 1997
Course Reader - Road Kill (or a Dinner Supplement) + Related Papers, Copy 2 of 2, Spring 1997
Course Reader - Ways of Dwelling + Related Papers, Fall 1997
Course Reader - Yesterday's Kill: Fresh Blood Graduate Seminar, Winter 1997
Course Reader - You Make Me Feel Mighty Reel (Folder 1 of 3), Winter/Spring 1998
Course Reader - You Make Me Feel Mighty Reel + Related Papers (Folder 2 of 3), Winter/Spring 1998
Course Reader - You Make Me Feel Mightly Reel [Restricted Content] (Folder 3 of 3), Winter/Spring 1998
Conditions Governing Access
This folder includes restricted content in the form of floppy disks. Born-digital materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Student Work - You Make Me Feel Mighty Reel, Art Institute of Chicago [Restricted Content], Spring 1999
Series IV: Photography
Scope and Content note
Series IV: Photography contains source photography for artworks, negative film, glass slides, contact sheets, artist test proofs, slides of artwork, and framed photographs of friends and family. Slides of artwork exist both in 8.5 x 11" photo sleeves, and in three archival slide box systems assumed to have been arranged by Blanchon. The slides in the slide boxes generally duplicate the slides that have been arranged into sleeves; access to the slide boxes is by approval only, and researchers should use the sleeved slides for viewing.
One group of photographs has been processed within Series VII: Objects - see Object ID: 220.2.0055 "Box of family photographs".
Photographic Prints 8x10, Undated
Photographic Prints 3x5 - 6x8, Undated
Contact Sheets, undated
Transparencies, Undated
General
Transparencies in medium and large formats.
Negative Film, undated
General
35mm negative film strips arranged into labelled, tabbed archival film folders in small box. Arrangement and labels appear to be Blanchon's. Access is by permission only.
Negative Film, undated
General
35mm negative film strips arranged into labelled, tabbed archival film folders in small box. Arrangement and labels appear to be Blanchon's. Access is by permission only.
"Slide Box no. 1 (1985-1989)", 1985-1989, inclusive
General
Contains slides arranged into tabbed archival boxes by subject. Arrangement appears to be Blanchon's. Slides duplicate those found in slide sleeves (Box 13). Access by permission only.
"Slide Box no. 2 (1990-1997)", 1990-1997, inclusive
General
Contains slides arranged into tabbed archival boxes by subject. Arrangement appears to be Blanchon's. Slides duplicate those found in slide sleeves (box 13). Access by permission only.
"Slide Box no. 3 (1994-1998 and installation views)", 1994-1998, inclusive
General
Contains slides arranged into tabbed archival boxes by subject. Arrangement appears to be Blanchon's. Slides duplicate those found in slide sleeves (box 13). Access by permission only.
Slides of artworks, 1985-1998, inclusive
General
Ten 8.5 x 11" slide sleeves of slides of Blanchon's artworks.
Slides of artworks, 1989-1996, inclusive
General
Ten 8.5 x 11" slide sleeves of slides of Blanchon's artworks.
Slides of artworks, 1985-1998, inclusive
General
Ten 8.5 x 11" slide sleeves of slides of Blanchon's artworks.
Slides of artworks, 1992-1998, inclusive
General
Six 8.5 x 11" slide sleeves of slides of Blanchon's artworks.
Series V: Media
Scope and Content note
Series V: Media contains Robert Blanchon's film works in multiple formats including VHS, Digital Betacam, and DVD. Series also contains cassette tapes, compact discs, and records.
Subseries A: Video - Access Copies
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies for some materials are available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
I Can't Live in a World Without Love (Master), 1997
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: ISO, Source: 220.0007 [DVD-R]
Legacy of Denial: a film by rob burkett and greg karout, 2005
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: ISO, Source: 220.010 [DVD-R]
let's just kiss + say goodbye, 1995
General
Format: DVD
Color, B&W, Sound
Duration: 00:09:00
Source: BetacamSP ID# 220.0018
Note: This dvd has an introductory Fales logo, title card, and is "looped" for exhibition purposes.
Loved/Loop Tape (Master from VHS), undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: ISO, Source: 220.0023 [DVD-R]
Mourning (Tape 1 of 2): Griffith Park (2 takes), Observatory, Coral Sands, Sunset 8, September 16, 1996
General
Format: MP4
Color, Sound
Duration: 00:35:00
Source: Hi-8mm ID# 220.0026
Mourning (Tape 2 of 2): Flex, Melrose Baths, Vortex, Hollywood Spa, Bedroom (5 takes), September 14, 1996
General
Format: MP4
Color, Sound
Duration: 00:32:00
Source: Hi-8mm ID# 220.0026
Robert Blanchon Quicktime Files, undated, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: ISO, Source: 220.0039 [DVD-R]
Situation (unedited), 1994
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: ISO, Source: 220.0034 [DVD-R]
Windscreen Cypress, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: MP4
Color, Sound
Duration: 00:15:00
Source: VHS-C ID# 220.0035
Subseries B: Video - Originals
AIDS 2006 Film Festival: Overdue Conversation, Cruiser, United in Anger, Motet for Zackie & Pils Slip, Smalltown Boys, Black (N. Adj.), August 11, 2006
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: [unknown]
Blanchon Tape 1: Fade- from VHS, undated
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 00:30:00
Blanchon Tape 2: Fade- from VHS, undated
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 00:30:00
Blanchon Tape 3: Homicide 306 (Digital from Avid of Scene 16), September 4, 1994
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 00:30:00
Blanchon Tape 4: Raw, undated
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 00:30:00
I Can't Live in a World Without Love, undated
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
I Can't Live in a World Without Love (Robert Blanchon/Art Dept.), September 2, 1998
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
I Can't Live in a World Without Love (Master, Non-Edit Format), 1997
General
Format: DVD-R
Duration: [unknown]
I Can't Live in a World Without Love (Robert Blanchon/Art Dept.; Master from VHS), September 2, 2009
General
Format: DVD-R
Duration: [unknown]
let's just kiss + say goodbye, 1995
General
Format: 3/4" Umatic
Duration: [unknown]
let's just kiss + say goodbye, undated
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 00:30:00
let's just kiss + say goodbye, undated
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 00:30:00
let's just kiss + say goodbye, undated
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 00:30:00
let's just kiss + say goodbye (rough audio mix, for review only), undated
General
Format: VHS
Duration: 00:08:56
let's just kiss + say goodbye (Jeanne Dunning's copy), undated
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
let's just kiss + say goodbye (Master), undated
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: [unknown]
let's just kiss + say goodbye, undated
General
Format: DVD-R
Duration: [unknown]
let's just kiss + say goodbye (Master Beta), undated
General
Format: DVD-R
Duration: [unknown]
let's just kiss + say goodbye (Master), undated
General
Format: DVD-R
Duration: [unknown]
let's just kiss + say goodbye (From Jeanne Dunning VHS Copy), undated
General
Format: DVD-R
Duration: [unknown]
Loved/Loop Tape, 1998
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
Mourning (Tape 2 0f 2): Flex, Melrose Baths, Vortex, Hollywood Spa, Bedroom (5 takes), September 14, 1996
General
Format: Hi8
Duration: [unknown]
Robert Blanchon (Copy from Kiss #1), Undefined
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: [unknown]
Robert Blanchon/Untitled, undefined
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
Robert Blanchon/Untitled, undefined
General
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: [unknown]
Robert Blanchon/Untitled, Undefined
General
Format: DVD-R
Duration: [unknown]
Situations (unedited situations source, situations title (2 takes), I can't live in a world . . .titles (2 takes: white background), I can't live . . .titles (1 take: black background), I can't live . . .hair imagery (source), undated
General
Format: 3/4" Umatic
Duration: [unknown]
Situations I, II, III: edited excerpts (empty cassette box), 1997
General
Format: 3/4" Umatic
Duration: [unknown]
This item is an empty cassette box. There is no tape inside.
Situations (rough cut), undated, inclusive
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
Situations (rough cut, not edited for installation), 1994
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
Situations (scrap footage) preceded by When Women Loose Their Tales (movie taped from TV), February 11, 1996
General
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
Situation I (office), 1994
General
Format: VHS-C
Duration: [unknown]
Windscreen Cypress, undated
General
Format: VHS-C
Duration: 15 min.
Subseries C: Audio - Access Copies
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies may not be currently available. Please contact a Fales archivist for access.
Subseries D: Audio - Originals
Natalie and Friends or cardio tape
General
Format: 1/4" audiocassette
Duration: [00:90:00]
Program content: unknown
Robert Blanchon in NC, 1998
General
Format: 1/4" audiocassette
Duration: [00:90:00]
Program content: Homemade mixed music tape
Subseries E: Vinyl Recordings
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies may not be currently available. Please contact a Fales archivist for access.
[Unidentified 7" record. Side A: Fireweed; Western Skies Side B: Willow Wept-N-Rise; Ohne Titel], 1977
General
Sound Disc: Analog, 45 rpm; 7 in.
I'm still in love with you, 1998
General
Sound Disc: Analog, 331/3 rpm; 12 in. with booklet
Description: artists' and musicians' tribute to Al Green record. Blanchon's artwork is included in accompanying booklet.
Series VI: Books
Scope and Content note
Series VI: Print Material contains books owned by Robert Blanchon that arrived at Fales as part of the collection.
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, 1998
Christian Boltanski: Lessons of Darkness, 1988
Salton Sea Yesterday and Today by Mildred de Stanley, 1966
The Young Physique, Volume 6, Number 5, July-August 1965
Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge, 1931
Sound and Hearing, 1968
The Encyclopedia of Photography, 1975
Series VIII: Memorial and Posthumous Files
Scope and Content note
Series VIII: Memorial contains memorial-related planning materials gathered after Blanchon's death, including letters of condolence, a mailing list, slides of family and friends, and copies of Robert Blanchon obituaries.
An Illustrated Eulogy for Robert, Undated
Scope and Content
An Illustrated Eulogy for Robert was created by two of Robert Blanchon's former students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
John Neff "Untitled (Aroma/1981) Negatives, 2011, inclusive
Scope and Content
These negatives were created by artist John Neff from the Untitled (Aroma/1981) prints in the Blanchon Papers; he used the negatives to create new prints that were exhibited at the Golden Gallery in Chicago in 2011. The negatives were donated to Fales after the exhibition.
John Neff "Untitled (Aroma/1981) Negatives
Scope and Content
These negatives were created by artist John Neff from the Untitled (Aroma/1981) prints in the Blanchon Papers; he used the negatives to create new prints that were exhibited at the Golden Gallery in Chicago in 2011. The negatives were donated to Fales after the exhibition.
Memorial Planning Mailing List (Folder 1 of 2), 2003
Memorial Planning Mailing List (Folder 2 of 2), 2003
Memorial Related Ephemera: Condolences, 1999
Memorial Related Ephemera: Personal Photographs, Slides, 2003
Obituaries, Will, 1999-2000, inclusive
Untitled [Business Card - New York], 2009, inclusive
Scope and Content
Box of business cards based on Blanchon's circa 1990 work "Untiteld [Business Card - New York]", re-created for the 2009 exhibition of Blanchon's work held at the Fales Library & Special Collections in 2009.
Untitled [Business Card - Los Angeles], 2009, inclusive
Scope and Content
Box of business cards based on Blanchon's circa 1995 work "Untiteld [Business Card - Los Angeles]", re-created for the 2009 exhibition of Blanchon's work held at the Fales Library & Special Collections in 2009.
personal business card no. 3, circa 1995
Scope and Content
Box of business cards based on Blanchon's circa 1995 work "personal business card no. 3", re-created for the 2009 exhibition of Blanchon's work held at the Fales Library & Special Collections in 2009.
Series IX: Visual AIDS
Scope and Content note
Series IX: Visual AIDS contains material generated by Visual AIDS during their production of the Robert Blanchon Catalog. It includes email correspondence, catalogs from Blanchon's exhibitions, copies of articles written about Blanchon and his artwork, contact information for collectors and gallerists, slides of Blanchon's work, grant proposals to fund the project, and the final catalog published in 2006, titled Robert Blanchon. The Visual AIDS materials also include correspondence, notes, plans for artworks, and publications created by Blanchon.
A Family Affair Atlanta College of Art Gallery, 2003
Anonymous Museum, 2003
Archives: Notes-Sasha Archibald, undated
Archiving: Academic Records, 2003
Archiving: Misc. Works on Paper, 2003
Archiving: Promotional Copy, 1993-1994, inclusive
Archiving: Proposal Drafts, 2004
Artist Publication: Ten by Ten, 2000
Artists Space, 2003
At the Mercy of Others: The Politics of Care Exhibition Catalog and Publicity Materials, Whitney Museum, 2005
Blanchon Writings Collected By Visual AIDS, 1996-1998, inclusive
Blanchon Writings Collected by Visual Aids, 1995
Collectors, 2004-2006, inclusive
Confirmed "Collection of", 2006
Correspondence for Whitewalls Exhibition (Visual Aids Collected), 2003-2004, inclusive
Disappearing Act Bound and Unbound, 2003
The Drawing Center, 2003
Email Correspondence: First Name A-E, 2003
Email Correspondence: First Name F-J, 2003-2004, inclusive
Email Correspondence: First Name K-O, 2003-2004, inclusive
Email Correspondence: First Name P-T, 2003-2004, inclusive
Email Correspondence: U-Z, 2003
Email Correspondence: Multiple Name, 2003
Exhibition Catalogs, 2003
Exhibition History: Correspondence, 2003
Exhibition Resume, 2003
Exhibition Publication: Minimal Provocations, 2001
Exhibition Publicity Materials: Blanchon + Andrew, 2006
Gallery 400, 2003
Gallery M, 2003
Honcho Order Form-Visual Aids, 2004
Images of Water: San Jose Museum of Art, 2003
Ken Burkhart, 2005
lalalalalalalala LACPS, 2003
Loan Agreements, 2005-2006, inclusive
Looking for Work, 2004-2006, inclusive
M. Foxx Email Correspondence, 2003-2004, inclusive
Marc Foxx, 2005-2006, inclusive
MEC Email Correspondance, 2003-2004, inclusive
Minimal Provocations, Betty Rymer Gallery, 2000
Modern Painters and Notes, 2003-2006, inclusive
Mourning After: Los Angeles Municiple Art Gallery, 2003
N.A.M.E. Gallery, 2003
Norton Foundation, 1990-2005, inclusive
Orange County Biennial, 2003
Out Inside: Sesnon Gallery, 2003
Pervert UCI, 2003
Picture Show: Weinstein Gallery, 2003
Plans, Mock-ups, Installation Instructions, 2006-2007, inclusive
Proposal Planning: Final Proposal, 2004
Proposal Planning: Inventories, 2003
Proposal Planning: Loan Agreements, Invoices, Consignments, 1991-1998, inclusive
Proposal/Planning: Notes/Meeting Agendas, 2004
Proposal Planning: Proposal Email, Correspondance, 2004
Randolph Street Gallery, 2003
Robert Blanchon Catalogue/Visual Aids Publication, 2006
Robert Blanchon Estate Project Statement, undated
The Robert Blanchon Estate Project Stationary, undated
Robert Blanchon: Marc Foxx Gallery, 2003
Robert Blanchon and MEC: Momenta Art Gallery, 2003
Robert Blanchon: UNC Art Gallery
Sad Songs Exhibition: Promotional and Administrative Materials, 2006
Side Street Project, 2003
Spaceship Earth/Art in General, 2003
Terminals UCI 1996, 2003
Vital Documents: Bibliography, 2004
Series VII: Objects
Scope and Content note
Series VII: Objects contains objects either related to art production or objects which had personal significance. All objects belonged to Robert Blanchon.
Blanchon's Filofax diary, Undated
Glass shelf, Undated
Rolls of film stills from Blanchon's film Untitled [Situations], Undated
Beaded "R" and sun clothing patches, Undated
Borbro Superfine Epsom Salt, Undated
Brown cloth satchel with textile samples, Undated
Buttons shaped like chewing gum
Le Corbusier glass negatives (5 total), Undated
Eyeglass case, leather
Eyeglass case, orange needlepoint
Eyeglasses, blue frames
Eyeglasses, tortoiseshell
Framed photograph of dog with green outfit and hat, Undated
Framed photograph of a woman with a blue dress, Undated
Hankerchief with a stitched "R", Undated
ID tag: Art Institute of Chicago Faculty, 1998
ID tag: Art Institute of Chicago Faculty, 1999
Khaki-colored sun hat, Undated
Leather bound book with handmade paper, Undated
Leather case with green eyeglasses, Undated
Leather Ration book with postcards, Undated
MissOGYNY sash, Undated
"No it Can" palindromic work for two, Undated
Olene soap (one piece in a box), Undated
Piece of wood "you're in my world now, bitch", undated
Plastic bag of clothing labels, undated
Red plastic invitation to create a Christmas window for Barneys, undated
Red, yellow, blue, and burgundy bandanas, undated
General
Description Bandanas were used in Blanchon's series of photographs of bandanas.
Sunglasses, yellow lenses
Sunglasses, pink frames
Small black frame with chicken feet, Undated
Small framed photograph of man (Robert Blanchon's brother John), Undated
Wonderful Charms cola candy, Undated
Wood carving with face, Undated
Box of family photographs, Undated
General
Description: A box of family photos and snapshots arranged into categories with labelled tabs. Arrangement is assumed to have been Blanchon's.
Photo Categories: family; friends; John; Todd; places; work; Bergman; Foxx; R. Kahn Pillow.
