Graf, Raymond

Date:
2017-05-31
Length:
132 minutes
Interviewer:
Pace, Mary
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Louisvilleā€™s Public Art: Creators, Collaborators and Consumers
Series ID:
2017_131
Interview Number(s):
2017_131_5
Summary:
Graf talks about his background, his collections of artifacts, his relationship with sculptor Barney Bright and working at the Bright foundry, sculpting the Louisville Cardinal Bird and the statue of J. Graham Brown in front of the Brown Hotel and other works, his research process before making a piece, how he chooses what "moment" to capture of a subject, creating a statues of Alice Lloyd and Catherine Spalding, the joy of doing historical research for his projects.
Topic(s):
Public art--Kentucky--Louisville, Artists, Bright, Barney, 1927-1997