Rina Goldfield

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“Worm Contemplates Mountain” (oil on canvas), by Rina Goldfield, in her show “Mythologies,’’ at Hampden Gallery, Amherst, Mass., through Nov. 6  Her show has paintings of “totems and monuments: huge mountains, blocky buildings, ancient columns with …

“Worm Contemplates Mountain” (oil on canvas), by Rina Goldfield, in her show “Mythologies,’’ at Hampden Gallery, Amherst, Mass., through Nov. 6

Her show has paintings of “totems and monuments: huge mountains, blocky buildings, ancient columns with small onlookers and co-habitors offering a sweep of hugeness, but also of wonkiness and humor.’’