Minimalist art often confounds the viewing public. In his seminal 1965 essay “Specific Objects,” Donald Judd explained: “It isn’t necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to compare, to analyze one by one, to contemplate. The thing as a whole, its quality as a whole, is what is interesting.” Much clearer.

The Thierry Goldberg Projects’ exhibit Unspecific Objects brings together six artists—Martin Basher, Jona Bechtolt, Daniel Ellis, Rashawn Griffin, David Scanavino and Takayuki Kubota—who were all charged with the task of reinterpreting Judd’s brand of reductionism. Think of it as minimalism 6.0. Read More