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Liz Kotz (born about 1961) is an American writer, art critic, curator and
art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
based in Los Angeles.


Early life and education

In 2000, Kotz completed her Ph.D. in comparative literature at
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, working with Benjamin Buchlolh. Her dissertation was titled, ''Language Models in 1960s American Art: From Cage to Warhol.''


Critical reception

Jacqueline Baas commented on "the richness of information and interpretation contained in so much of ''Words to Be Looked At".'' Baas writes, "The book is organized into three sections, each focusing on a different disciplinary aspect of the relationship between language and art. The first two chapters deal with works related to music, the next two with poetry, and the last two with visual art." Reviewing ''The New Fuck You'', Ellen Krout-Hasegowa wrote it is "a collection of fiction and poetry by nearly 40 writers, and it thrills with all the excitement of a sticky-floored camy ride."


Selected publications

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See also

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Art criticism Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation but it is quest ...


References

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