Ken Elliott discusses his early life and interest in art, and describes meeting Robert Rauschenberg as a student at University of South Florida. He talks about the influence Rauschenberg had on his art and on other young artists of his time. Elliott describes his techniques behind his work with Rauschenberg, detailing some of the technical aspects of creating art. He also talks about how he became involved with Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI), working for Donald Saff at Graphicstudio, and then at Saff Tech Arts in Captiva Island, Florida
Art--Technique; Arts--Study and teaching; Arts--United States; Sculpture; Sculptors; Captiva Island (Fla.); Elliott, Kenneth; Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008; Saff, Donald, 1937-; Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange; Graphicstudio; Saff Tech Arts
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2015
Physical Description
59 pages
Note (Biographical)
Kenneth Elliott is an artist and fabricator who worked with Robert Rauschenberg producing editioned sculptures. He was born in Marietta, Georgia and studied art at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa in the mid-1980s, where he worked with t he dean of fine arts, Donald Saff, and sculpture professor Alan Eaker. Elliott joined the Graphicstudio team to assist with Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) sculpture editions, developing techniques and fabricating substructures and framing
Note
Interviewed by Sara Sinclair and Christine Frohnert on May 4, 2015
Note (Provenance)
Ken Elliott, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2019