Ann Temkin is The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The companion catalog to MoMA's retrospective of American sculptor
Donald Judd the first in 30 years--is a stunning tribute to the
late artist.--Natasha Wolff "Forbes: Media"
Concise and focused, MoMA's "Judd" decidedly places sculpture at
the center of his practice, which is too often reduced to
minimalism--a term that, much like "sculpture," he resisted. From
early paintings executed in the early 1960s to the untitled
metallic sculptures for which he is most often associated, the
exhibition emphasizes the artist's predilection for
experimentation, highlighting the various ways through which he
used form, materials, and surrounding environments to reshape
traditional artistic practices.--Louis Soulard "Domus"
Serves up a master class in the career of the man credited with
putting Marfa on the map and transforming the field of modern
sculpture.--Melissa Goldstein "C Magazine"
A concise career overview from [Judd's] early paintings to the
legacy of his furniture.--Editors "Cultured"
Several decades on, the art of Donald Judd is still stunning.--Hal
Foster "Artforum"
Bright, beautiful, clear, and succinct.--Elizabeth Buhe "Brooklyn
Rail"
The jacked-up speed of current cultural consumption had made the
challenges his work presents more urgent than ever.--Kenneth Baker
"Art Newspaper"
a comprehensive overview of the divisive artist's grasp on
abstraction, space, interpretation and the abolition of
illusion.--Helen Holmes "Observer New Review"
about as close as you can get to a truly immersive Judd
encounter.--Emily Farra "Vogue"
an ode to material and spatial transformation--Lance Esplund "Wall
Street Journal"
[Judd's] art, once thought to be too severe to be beautiful, can
now be seen to offer pleasures, visual and conceptual, that any
audience with open eyes can relate too...--Holland Cotter "New York
Times"
A much needed exhalation.--Olivia Hosken "Town & Country"
Does justice not only to Judd's artworks but to his ambition and
his intent.--Tom Teicholz "Forbes: Media"
Judd was committed to abstraction and democracy. His work praises
human labor and industrial craftsmanship.--John Yau
"Hyperallergic"
Judd's minimalism is the ubiquitous dark design energy of everyday
modern life. Always there, even if you never consciously recognize
it.--Jerry Saltz "New York Magazine: Vulture"
Published to accompany the first US retrospective exhibition of
Donald Judd's sculpture in more than 30 years, Judd explores the
work of a landmark artist who, over the course of his career,
developed a material and formal vocabulary that transformed the
field of modern sculpture.--Editors "ARTFIXdaily"
That aesthetic synergy between the work of Judd, who died in 1994,
and MoMA brings a certain piquancy to the museum's current Judd
retrospective, the first anywhere in more than 30 years. The museum
has changed--there have been three renovations and expansions since
the '70s--and perhaps so, too, has our understanding of Judd's
steely, boxy objects.--Editors at ARTnews "ARTnews"
The first U.S. exhibition of [Judd's] sculptures in more than
thirty years. His minimalist forms and surprising use of materials
still challenge our perceptions of what indeed might be considered
contemporary sculpture.--Ken Scrudato "Blackbook"
There are endless details for furniture historians and fans alike
to eagerly seek out.--Madeline Luckel "Architectural Digest"
There couldn't be a better time to revisit an artist who doggedly
confronted form, presence, and politics, both on the page and in
'real space.--Aria Dean "Artforum"
When Judd's works are displayed en masse and given enough space,
Ms. Temkin argues, it's possible to see the visual power and the
extraordinary variety of his work...--Peter Saenger "Wall Street
Journal"
While there's admirable integrity in Judd's detailed specifications
regarding color, material, process, and exhibition methods, there's
also a supreme fussiness and self-importance that touches
everything the man ever made. The work wants to argue with whatever
qualms you might have about it, and you get the feeling that the
work would probably win.--Alina Cohen "Artsy"
Works by Judd are almost routinely beautiful, but coldly and even
imperiously so, as if their quality were none of your
business.--Peter Schjeldahl "New Yorker"
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