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Title
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SC125 David H. Perkins Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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The David H. Perkins Papers contain correspondence, publications, writings, photographs, artwork, and ephemera created and collected by David H. Perkins over the course of his life. A life-long Kansas City area resident, Perkins was a writer, editor, teacher, critic, and activist with interests in literature, art, politics, and urban and housing development projects. The collection consists of professional and personal materials.
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Date
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2014-10
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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The Lure of Inconsequence: Three Essays on the Politics of Anti-Realism
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Description
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Photo and abridged versions of three essays from the magazine (the Chouteau Review journal of fine arts, published in Kansas City) about "contemporary anti-realist arts and letters, bristling with anti-bourgeois pretensions, often serv[ing] the reactionary forces they presume to oppose." Examples given "with two internationally-feted public arts projects staged in Kansas City--the Wrapped Walkways Project by Christo, and the Nelson Gallery Time-Light Incident by Dale Eldred," with comparisons of Christo to Evel Knievel, etc.
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Date
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1985
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Rewards of Surrender: Upward Failure in Dale Eldred's Nelson Gallery Time-Light Incident
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Description
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Article about the sculpture-like art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art of artist Dale Eldred, criticizing it and the work of fellow artist Christo for "their anti-intellectual standards. ..perfectly aligned with those of the cash society they pretend to mock," with references to George Will, Noam Chomsky, Charles Baudelaire, Friedrich Nietzche, Jean Cocteau, and Kansas City art critics Donald Hoffman and Hollister Sturges, with photos.
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Date
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1980
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Moviegoer's Epiphany
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Description
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Description of Kansas City's love of movies for their offering of escape from participation in community activities and problems and lack of "decent Culture," etc.
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Date
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1985
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Emperor's New Overalls: Finery and Fakery in Heartland Poetry
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Description
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Essay on the difficulty of Kansas and Missouri poets in publishing in nationally respected periodicals, partially due to their over-use of Midwestern themes and "iconography" and occasional "superior" attitudes.
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Date
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1985
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Reviews: Through Missouri with Pen and Camera
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Description
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Review of the photographic book "Missouri: Faces and Places" by Wes Lyle and John Hall, with photos and descriptions of "the Kansas City Shake House on 12th Street," a street scene in front of the Downtown Harzfeld's store, "Little Michael, an eleven-year-old evangelist, laying hands on a black woman at a revival in Kansas City," and other scenes from the local area.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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B Shoot
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Description
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Photos and article about the recent (ca. 1960s-1970s) history of movie-making of "B" films in Kansas City, focusing on the experiences of producer-director Lamar Card in shooting the 1976 movie "The Student Body" in various parts of town. Description of the cast and set's lodging at the disheveled "downtown Hilton" hotel, recruiting for local actresses and actors at Kelly's Bar, and filming on 12th Street, 4438 Harrison Street, UMKC and Rockhurst Colleges, Main Street, Swope Park, and an East Kansas City "drag strip," etc. Photos and descriptions of Hollywood actors and directors involved here (Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, John Cassavetes, Warren Stevens, and Linda Lovelace) and movies planned or already filmed for local production here ("Bird Lives," "Mrs. Bridge," "Bucktown," and "Linda Lovelace for President").
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
