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Sightings /Lunes

Rothenberg / Sightings . Kelly / Lunes (Jerome Rothenberg and Robert Kelly) Published by Hawk’s Well Press, 50 Broadway, New York 4, New York  Printed by The Kerryman LTD., Tralee, Ireland  Copyright 1964 Cover photo by Robert Shiller Book description: [48pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Poems with four tipped-on illustrations and cover art by Amy Mendelson.

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Amy Goldin’s Cats

Oh, how Amy Goldin worshipped her cats. I found these three drawings recently and thought I’d share them with you. I find them charming and, well, “very Amy.” They are ink on paper, 12×9″, drawn by Amy sometime in the 1950s.                                 […]

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Rush Interactive features ‘Amy Goldin: Art in A Hairshirt,’ 5/7/12

Rush Interactive: Amy Goldin: Art in a Hairshirt Hosted by Michael Rush Originally aired on Monday, May 7th, 2012 Though her star shone only briefly (she wrote from 1964 until her death in 1978), Amy Goldin made several original contributions to post-war art criticism, including admitting the decorative arts into larger painting-dominated criticism. Artist and […]

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Amy Goldin, Art Critic

Amy Goldin published art criticism from 1964 until 1978. Her writing appeared regularly in Arts,  Artnews,  Artforum,  Art Journal,  New American Review, International Journal for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and most frequently in Art in America where she was a contributing editor. In thirteen years, she published nearly 200 pieces, ranging from single paragraph reviews of […]

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Amy Goldin and the Deep Image Group of Poets

As Amy Goldin began writing criticism in 1965, her friendships in particular with the Deep Image group of poets, particularly Robert Kelly, Jerome Rothenberg, David Antin and George Economou, provided a sophisticated playing field and a ready audience for her early criticism. Many facets of her existing interests aligned: her fascination with historical and contemporary […]

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Amy Goldin wins the Frank Jewett Mather Award (1974-1975)

 The College Art Association awarded Goldin the Frank Jewett Mather Award for “Distinction in Art and Architectural Criticism During the Year 1974-1975.” The citation letter states: “Amy Goldin is a rare critic who has dared to venture off the all-too-beaten track in current art writing. She has systematically challenged entrenched establishment and orthodox positions of […]

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