The collector Diana Zlotnick talks about her education in art through meeting artists like George Herms and Llyn Foulkes, and the social challenges of collecting progressive art in middle class Los Angeles. She also talks about her engagement with the work of a younger generation of artists in the 1970s, especially the work of Chris Burden.

This interview was conducted by Orlando Amador Tirado during a meeting of the Experimental Impulse seminar at CalArts, on May 2, 2011.

Camera and sound by Larissa Brantner James.