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Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia
Richard Hertz

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chouinard and the Los Angeles Art Scene in the Late Sixties
• Reflections by Hiro Kosaka
• Reflections by Tom Wudl
• Early Days at CalArts
• Reflections by John Baldessari
• Reflections by Nancy Chunn
• Helene Winer: Artists Space and Metro Pictures
• Reflections by James Welling
• Artworks by Jack Goldstein
• Reflections by Rosetta Brooks
• Reflections by Troy Brauntuch
• New York Dealers and Collectors
• Reflections by Matt Mullican
• Reflections by Robert Longo
• Rebecca Donelson: Chicago
• Reflections by Jean Fisher
• The Nineties
• Postscript

Bonus! A special interview with author and editor Richard Hertz, "Shaping, Structuring, and Editing the Past"

Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia
Richard Hertz

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"Beautifully constructed ... a project undertaken not just in memory of a person, but also to record an era that lives on."
—Chris Kraus, C Magazine

Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia is the compelling story of Jack Goldstein and some of his classmates at CalArts, who in the early 1970s went to New York and led the transition from conceptualism to Pictures art, utilizing images from television and movies with which they had grown up. At the same time, they discovered an artworld increasingly consumed by the desire for fame, fortune and the perks of success.

The book is anchored by Jack’s narratives of the early days of CalArts and the last days of Chouinard; the New York art world of the 70s and 80s; the trials and tribulations of finding and maintaining success; his inter-personal relationships; and his disappearance from the art scene. They are complemented by the first person narratives of Jack’s friends, including John Baldessari, Troy Brauntuch, Rosetta Brooks, Jean Fisher, Robert Longo, Matt Mullican and James Welling. There are provocative portraits of many well known artworld personalities of the 80s, including Mary Boone, David Salle, and Helene Winer, all working in a time when “the competitive spirit was strong and often brutal, caring little about anything but oneself and making lots of money.”

"a biting, controversial, contradictory, hilarious, and riveting read ..."
—Mariah Corrigan, caa.reviews

"a first-rate contribution to the history of contemporary art."
—David Carrier, artUS

About the Author

Richard Hertz is a beachcomber, citrus farmer, educator, and writer. He taught for six years at the California Institute of Technology and for five at the California Institute of the Arts. For over twenty years, he served as director of the graduate programs at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he created the graduate programs in digital media, film, fine art, graphic design, and industrial design. He is the author of "Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia" and "The Beat and the Buzz: Inside the L.A. Art World", and is currently at work on a third book about L.A. artists and the development of their creative and personal lives.