Anne Dunn - Critical Opinion

Critical Opinion

" Anne Dunn is one of the most tenacious draftsmen around, and as she knows what to put in or leave out, we end up knowing that chill clear neck of the woods as well as if we lived there ourselves." -John Russell - The New York Times, 18 May 1979

" ...These somewhat mysterious drawings project an air that is both sensuous and ascetic." -John Ashbery - New York Magazine, 21 May 1979

" ...for Anne Dunn drawing is a satisfying expression of itself. She relies on simplicity to imply the complexities of things." -John Bernard Myers - Art World, New York, May 1982

" A true painter is on hand here, and one who could trust herself to work with emptiness." - John Russell - The New York Times, 15 November 1985

"Dunn's work comes as a gift to an art world beleagered by trash. It is not precious, but it is extremely valuable, in its summation of things the way they were, are and still can be - if only the right artist sets her sights on them." Gerrit Henry - Art In America, March 1986

Her close friendships with poets resulted in illustrations and covers for books by John Ashbery, William Corbett, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler. From 1964-68 she edited the journal Art and Literature with Rodrigo Moynihan, Sonia Orwell and John Ashbery. A taped interview with the artist is held by the National Life Story Collection at the British Library Sound Archive.