Art in a Hairshirt: Art Criticism, 1964-1978

Stockbridge, MA and Manchester, VT: Hard Press Editions in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011. 254 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. An interesting tribute to the writings of art critic Amy Goldin, known for her writings on Post-Minimalist, Pattern & Decoration, and feminist art. CONTENTS: Amy Goldin: a retrospective, by Elizabeth C. Baker; Amy Goldin, 1926-1978, by Robert Kushner; The Dada legacy (Arts Magazine, September 1965); Amy Goldin: pleasure's muse, by Irving Sandler; Harold Rosenberg's magic circle (Arts Magazine, November 1965); A note on opticality (Arts Magazine, May 1966); McLuhan's message: participate, enjoy! (Arts Magazine, May 1966); The sculpture of George Sugarman (Arts Magazine, June 1966); Art in a hairshirt (Art News, February 1967); Le ger now (Art news, December 1968); Why I think art doesn't concern individuals-- (Unpublished, 1968); Morris Louis: thinking the unwordable (Art News, April 1968); One cheer for expressionism (Art News, November 1968); A spring-loaded mind, by Max Kozloff; Deep art and shallow art (New American Review #4, 1969); The post perceptual portrait (Art in America, January/February 1975); Conceptual art as opera, by A. Goldin & R. Kushner, Art News, March 1970); Rugs (Unpublished, 1972); A visitor from Brooklyn, by Oleg Grabar; In praise of innocence (Art in America, March/April 1974); The esthetic ghetto: some thoughts about public art (Art in America, May/June 1974); Qajar painting at the Iranian-American cultural center (Art in America, September/October 1974); Amy Goldin: public life, the intellect, and the low pleasures of decoration, by Michael Duncan; Matisse and decoration: the late cut-outs (Art in America, July/August 1975); The content of decoration, Emna Zghal; Patterns, grids and painting (Artforum, September 1975); Zuka at Betty Parsons (Art in America, January/February 1974); Abstract expressionism, no man's landscape (Art in America, January/February 1976); That such writing could be done, by Holland Cotter; Islamic art: the Met's generous embrace (Artforum, March 1976); Problems in folk art (Artforum, June 1976); Forever wild: a pride of fauves (Art in America, September 1976); Islam goes to England (Art in America, January 1977); Goldin's gifts, by Joan Simon; Alexander Calder, 1898-1976 (Art in America, March/April 1977); Two centuries of Black American art (Art in America, January 1978); Manny Farber: reforming formalism (Art in America, May/June 1978).. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.